BOBWHITES. QUAILS 



States, and spreading from Nebraska and 

 Texas westward; also since intnxluction, in 

 Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon and Washington. 



The bobwhite, or bobwhite quail, is found 

 in several varieties in different parts of tlie 

 United States. Those on the Pacific Coast 

 are the offspring of the original stock from the 

 northeastern part of the United States. 

 Another slightly smaller and darker sub- 

 species is found in Florida, and still another 

 in Texas, and the masked bobwhite is found 

 in the extreme southwest. 



Since introduction on the Pacific Slope the 

 bobwhite has increased rapidly and is now as 

 common as the native quail. It is found in 

 the open country away from timber, in old 

 fields, pastures, grain fields and slashings where 

 the cover i? good. It likes to follow the fence 

 rows that are grown up to brush and weeds or 

 the dusty country roads where it loves to take 

 dust baths during the hot summer days. 



Some old bird, the chosen leader of the 

 flock, will mount a fence post and be on guard 

 while the rest of the flock is feeding in the 

 edge of a nearby field. If one comes too near 

 it will })egin nervously to walk back and forth, 

 jerking its head and clucking to its conu'ades 

 below. Then with a startled alarm note it 

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