FAMILY TETRAONIU2E. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, QUAILS, ETC. 



149 



LAND BIRDS. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



235 



FAMILY TETRAONID/E. 



Grouse, Partridges, Quails, etc. 



Toes, four, the hind toe elevated above the rest; bill, 

 rather short and stout ; wing, short and somewhat rounded, 

 the outer primaries curved; wing, less than 12 inches long. 



Group 1. Wing, less than 5 inches long. 



E. 



rmlerparts, white, black, and rufous; throat, white (male); throat, butt" brown 



(female). 



Quail. Bob White. 



Colinus virr/ini<i>iu#, and races. 

 See Xo. 235. 



The Southern race (C. v. floridanus) has much more black on the breast and the 

 underparts more heavily banded than the Northern bird. 



