ORDER GALLING. l6/ 



ORDER GALLING. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 



SUBORDER PHASIANI. PHEASANTS, GROUSE, PAR- 



TRIDGES, QUAILS, ETC. 



FAMILY TETRAONID^E. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC. 

 SUBFAMILY PERDICLN.ZE. PARTRIDGES. 



GENUS COLINUS LESSON. 



Colinus LESS. Man. d'Orn. II. 1828, 190. Type, Tetrao virginianus 

 LINN. 



289. Colinus virginianus (LINN.). 



Bob-white. 



Tetrao virginianus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 161. 

 Colinus 'virginianus STEJN. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 45. 



[6471, C 389, R 480, C 571.] 



HAB. Eastern United States and Southern Canada, from South- 

 ern Maine to the South Atlantic and Gulf States ; west to Dakota, 

 Eastern Kansas, and Eastern Texas. 



289 a. Colinus virginianus floridanus (Couss). 



Florida Bob-white. 



Ortyx: virginianus \-w. floridanus COUES, Key, 1872, 237. 

 Colinus virginianus Jloridanus STEJN. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 45. 



[B C 3 8 9 tf, R 480^,0572.] 

 HAB. Florida. 



289 . Colinus virginianus texanus (LAWR.). 



Texan Bob-white. 



Ortyx texanus LAWR. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VI. April, 1853, r. 

 Colinus virginianus texanus STEJN. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 45. 



