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Bob-whites and Partridges. 



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

 ginianus). L. 10. Ad. tf. 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 where-are-vou 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. 

 "'Introduced at various points in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, 

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



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

 ilar to No. 289, but smaller, L. 8.5, and much darker; 

 black bars below more numerous. 



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

 grading into No. 289 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 ridgwari). L. 9. 

 Ad. o 7 *. Throat black; breast and bellv reddish brown. 

 Ad. 9- Resembles 9 of No. 289b. Notes. Song, Bob- 

 white; call, when the birds are scattered, hoo-we. 

 (H. Brown.) 



Range.— Northern Sonora, Mexico, north to Pima County, Arizona. 



296. Mearns Partridge (Cvrtonvx monteipimce 



■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. (Bendire.) 



Range. — Northern Mexico, 

 and southern Arizona. 



western Texas, southern New Mexico 



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