Number of eggs.—Clutch-size is thought to be near that of the Greater Prairie Chicken. Vic Housholder (MS) observed a hen with ten chicks ten miles south of Dodge City, Ford County, on June 1, 1955.
Bobwhite: Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus).—This is a common resident in the east, but is local in western Kansas; occurrence is in broken woodland and other edge habitats. C. v. virginianus (Linnaeus) is found northeast of stations in Nemaha, Douglas, and Miami counties, and C. v. taylori Lincoln is found in the remainder of the State.
Breeding schedule.—Twenty-four records of breeding span the period May 1 to September 20 ([Fig. 3]); the modal date for first clutches is May 25. The long period of egg-laying after May probably includes both renesting efforts and true second nestings.
Number of eggs.—Clutch-size is about 13 eggs (12.8, 8-21; 22); in the present sample 16 eggs was the most frequent number.
Nests are placed on the surface of the ground at bases of bunch grasses, saplings, trees, or posts, under cover of prairie grasses, forbs, or small woody plants.
Scaled Quail: Callipepla squamata pallida Brewster.—This is a locally common resident in southwestern Kansas, chiefly west of Clark County and south of the Arkansas River; preferred habitat seems to be in open, sandy prairie.
Breeding schedule.—Eggs are laid at least in May; the egg-season in Kansas is unlikely to be so prolonged as that of the Bobwhite; among other factors involved, the Scaled Quail in Kansas is at a northern extreme of its distribution, where suboptimal environmental conditions may occur relatively frequently.
Number of eggs.—Clutch-size is around 10 to 12 eggs.
Nests are placed on the ground surface under woody or herbaceous cover.
Ring-necked Pheasant: Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus.—This introduced resident is common in western Kansas, is local and uncommon in the east, and is found in agricultural land with scattered woody vegetation.