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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



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1. Bob-white (289. CoDnns virginiiinus). — A common grass- 

 inhabiting, brownish-mottled, white-throated, game bird, with 



thel)elly much lighter 

 than the back. The 

 female has a buff 

 throat patch instead 

 of the white of the 

 male. The notes bob- 

 white so often heard 

 in spring are given by 

 this bird. In sum- 

 mer, the crown is 

 blacker, and the buffy 

 markings lighter than 

 in winter. The tints 

 of the back have 

 much of reddish- 

 brown and chestnut, 

 and the lower breast 

 (Quail ; Virginia Par- 



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Bob-white 



and l)elly are white barred with black, 

 tridge.) 



Length, 10 ; wing,4i (4J-4J) ; tail, 2\ ; tarsus, 1} ; culmen, f. United 

 States from Kansas eastward and north to southern Ontario. It is also 

 found locally in many places west of the Rocky Mountains, even to the 

 Pacific. The Florida Bob-white (289». C. v.Jforiih'inus) of Florida is a 

 smaller bird, with darker j>luiiiai,H% especially with more black on the back. 

 The regular northern bob-white will occa.sionally take to the trees when 

 flushed, but the Florida bird is more apt to do so. The Texan Bob-white 

 (289''. C. V. tfixanus) of Texas and Mexico is a small bird like the last, 

 but paler, having much gray and tawny in the plumage. 



2. Scaled Partridge (293. Callip^pla squamd,ta). — A Texas, 

 crested, bluish-lead-colored quail, with the neck and most \mder 

 parts peculiarly "scaled" by crescent-shaped black tips to all 

 the feathers. The crest is dark brown, ending in pure white, 

 and the back belly orange-brown. (Blue Quail.) 



Length, 10-12 ; wing, 4| (4J-5) ; tail, 4} ; tarsus, 1 J. Table-lands of 

 Mexico, north to central Texas and southern Arizona. 



