168 General Notes. 



A NEW BOB-WHITE FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



The advisability of naming this evident island race is perhaps somewhat 

 doubtful for various obvious reasons, but as the sole existing specimen rep 

 resents the characters of what I believe to be a strongly marked, small, 

 non-migratory, alar degenerate race, I have decided to describe it. The 

 Key West Bob-white is probably now extinct, though perhaps still rarely 

 to be found. 



Through the kindness of Mr. William Brewster I have been able to 

 examine the only specimen as far as I know ever taken on Key West. The 

 specimen was taken by a native and secured by Mr. J. W. Atkins. It is a 

 male, original Scott coll., No. 6,086, Brewster coll., 46,670, taken July 5, 1888. 

 Measurements taken in flesh as follows : Igth., Sffc; ext, 13] ; wg., 3|-f [81] ; 

 tar., Ijj ; [30] ; tail, 2 [51]. My measurements taken from skin : wg., 97 ; 

 tail, 44 ; tar., 30 ; bill depth, 11 ; nost, 9 ; bill Igth., 14. Mr. Scott records 

 the capture of this specimen and states that Mr. Atkins says that' " Quail 

 seem almost unknown to the inhabitants of Key West " and that the only 

 additional records he has made there, are "one seen and another heard 

 on May 11, 1888; one seen on May 22, 1888. 



In a letter received March 28, 1903, Mr. Atkins writes me that he has not 

 seen any Bob-whites on the island since 1888. The above specimen, he 

 says, was shot out of a covey of four. The remainder were he believes 

 shot by pot-hunters who were " relentlessly pursuing them." 



Colinus virginianus insulanus subsp. nov. 



KEY WEST BOB- WHITE. 



Type : No. 46,670, Coll. of Mr. William Brewster, male taken at Key West, 

 Florida, July 5, 1888. Geographical Range : Key West, Florida. Subxpecific 

 Characters : Crown uniform dark fuscous, forehead showing more white. 

 Otherwise colored like floridanue. Size decidedly smaller. 



Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. 



