188 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



cidedly V-shaped. Length 9.50-10.75, wing 4.30-4.70 (aver- 

 age about 4.55), tail 2.40-2.90 (2.70), eulmen .55-.65 (.59), 

 depth of bill at base .33-.40 (.35), tarsus 1.20-1.50 (1.38), 

 middle toe 1.10-1.22 (1.18). Eggs 1.19 X -94. Hah. 

 Eastern United States, west to eastern Minnesota, Ne- 

 braska, Kansas, Indian, Territory, and Texas, south to 

 Georgia, Alabama, and other Gulf States. 



289. C. virginianus (Linn.). Bob White. 

 e'. Smaller, with colors averaging darker, especially on lower 

 parts, where black markings are broader and usually more 

 transverse. Wing 4.10-4.50 (average about 4.28), tail 2.60- 

 2.90 (2.76), eulmen .57-.62 (.60), depth of bill at base .36- 

 .42 (.38), tarsus 1.13-1.28 (1.19), middle toe 1.03-1.17 (1.09). 

 Eggs "1.17 X -92. Hah. Florida, except extreme southern 



portion 289a. C. virginianus floridanus (Coues.) 



Florida Bob White. 

 (P. Upper parts with little rusty (except anteriorly), an olive-grayish 

 tint prevailing, the scapulars, tertials, and lower back usually 

 without conspicuous black blotches, and the general surface 

 usually distinctly barred with lighter ; black mai'kings of lower 

 parts usually broad and nearly transverse, as in C. virginianus 

 floridanus. Adult male usually with a very distinct band of 

 uniform pale cinnamon across chest, immediately beneath the 

 black collar. 



Wing 4.20-4.65 (4.39), tail 2.20-2.70 (2.44), eulmen .50-.60 



(.59), depth of bill at base .30-.40 (.36), tarsus 1.15-1.35 



(1.27), middle toe .95-1.15 (1.07). Eggs 1.17 X .91. Hah. 



Texas and northeastern Mexico, north to western Kansas. 



2896. C. virginianus texanus (Lawr.). 



Texan Bob White. 



(f. Feathers of flanks with black markings heavy, broken into irregular 



figures, often enclosing a white spot — the edge never continuously 



white ; black markings on breast and belly very irregular or much 



broken, with frequently a longitudinal tendency; chest usually 



chiefly or entirely black, or striped with black and rufous, in the 



male, coarsely spotted with black, dull white, and rusty in the 



female. 



Wing 4.00-4.15 (4.07), tail 1.91-2.20 (2.07), eulmen .58-.63 (.60), 

 depth of bill at base .30-.35 (.32), tarsus 1.12-1.17 (1.14), middle 

 toe 0.98-1.08 (1.04). Hah. Cuba and southwestern Florida. 

 — . C. virginianus cubanensis (Gould). Cuban Bob White.^ 

 P. Adidt males with lower parts chiefly uniform cinnamon-rufous or cinnamon- 

 color. 



1 Orti/x cubanensis GouLD, Mon. Odont. 1850, pi. 2. 



