scalie

While we were there a couple of scalies came out and started up the street, but seeing the strikers there they turned around and went back into the saloon.

[…] even allowing for the detours through the back roads to avoid the "scalies" who man the highway truck-weight checking stations.

About the same size as the valley quail and the Gambel's quail, the scaled quail is often referred to as the "drab shirttail relative." Gray-blue in color (often known locally as "blue quail"), with a slight black tipping of the chest and breast plumage that creates scalelike markings, (hence the nickname "scalies"), […]