Bib-whites and Partridges 



289. Bob-white; 'Quail;' 'Partridge' (Colinus vir- 

 gimanus). L. 10. Ad. $. Throat, forehead and line 

 over eye white. Ad. % . Throat, forehead and line 

 over eye buff. Notes Song, a ringing, whistled 

 Bob-white or buck-wheat-ripe; calls, a conversational 

 quit-quit and a whistled whtre-are-you and Vm here, 

 repeatedly uttered when the individuals of a flock are 

 separated. 



Range. — Eastern North America, resident from southern Dakota, 

 southern Minnesota, southern Ontario, southern Vermont, New 

 Hampshire and Maine, south to Georgia and western Florida; west to 

 South Dakota. Nebraska. Kansas. Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. 

 "I l'roducfd at virious points in Colorado, New Mexico. Utah, Idaho, 

 California and Washington." (A. O. I.) 



289a. Florida Bab- white (C. v. floridanus). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 280, but smaller, L. 8.5, and much darker; 

 black bars below mure numerous. 



Range. — Florida; typical onlv in southern half of peninsula, 

 grading into No. 280 in northern and western parts of the state. 



289b. Texan Bob-white ( C. v.texanus). Similar 

 to No. 289, but brown and buff areas paler; black bars 

 below wider. 



Range. — Texas, except western part, rarely to western Kansas, 

 south to Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



291. Masked Bob-white {Colinus ridgwayi 



<d. o 7 *- Throat black; breast and bellvreddis 

 'd. $. Resembles ? of No. 289b. Notes. S 



291 



A. 



Ad 



white; call, when 



(H. Brown.) 



the birds 



_y0- L. 9. 

 'reddish brown. 

 Notes. Song, Bob- 

 scattered, hoo-we. 



Range. — Northern Sonora, Mexico, north to Pima Count} 



Arizona 



29 6. Mearns Partridge (Cyrtonyx monte^umce 

 mearnsi). L. 9. Ad. $. Sides with numerous, 

 large, crowded white spots. Ad. 9. Pinkish brown, 

 above streaked with buffy and marked with chestnut 

 and black, below with a few broken black bars. Notes. 

 A low, murmuring whine; a clear dsiup-chiur; when 

 alarmed, chuk-chuk-chuk. (Bendirc.) 



Range. — Nor'hern Mexico western Texas, southern New Mexico 

 and southern Arizona. 



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