There is a dry lake in Baja (name is forgotten by me) that has produced TWO (yes 2) pied rubers. The first collected by Terry Basey (sp?). His animal ended up at Cal Poly Pomona and died of old age. That is the Rubio animal. I had occasion to photograph it and enjoy it's company on a few occasions.

The other was collected by the infamous John Ottley. I know nothing of the disposition of his specimen. My guess he sold it like all the other animals he collected.

Tom C, perhaps this explains why it was sold and not bred?!?!?
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