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 liave decided to describe it. The 

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

 to be found. 



Through the kindness of ^Ir. 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., 8i--j;; ext, 13]; wg.,3[f [81]; 

 tar., r« ; [30] ; tail, 2 [51]. My measurements taken from skin : wg., 1)7 ; 

 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 oiH/o.s^ unknown to the inha))itants of Key West" and that the only 

 additional records he lias 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-huntei's who were " relentlessly pursuing them." 



Colinus virginianus insulanus subsp. nov. 



KEY WEST BOB-WHITE. 



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

 Florida, July 5, 1888. Geograpliicai Rdiige : Key West, Florida. Suhnpecific 

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

 Otherwise colored ]\kt\tiur!d<(niif^. Size decidedly smaller. 



— Ileginiild Heher Hoar, Jr. 



