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County, Tex.; resident). — Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., i, No. 1, 

 1942, 241 (syn.; distr.).— Aldrich, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Iv, 1942, 69 

 (crit. ; spec; distr.). — Amadon, Auk, Ix, 1943, 226 (body weight and egg 

 weight). 



Colinus virginiatms texensis Allen, Auk, x, 1893, 134. 



C[olinus] virginianus texaniis Ridgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 188. 



C[olinus] 7'[trgin{amis] texanus Bailey, Handbook Birds Western United States, 

 1902, 116 (descr.; distr.). 



Colinus v{irginianiis] texamis Niedrach, Condor, xxv, 1923, 182 (se. Colorado near 

 Oklahoma boundary; crit.). — Wetmore, Maryland Conservationist, 1930, 4, 5, 

 in text (introduced in Pennsylvania and Maryland; hybridizing). — Stoddard, 

 The Bobwhite Quail, 1931, 84 (imported to Georgia and Florida). 



[Colinus] v[irgimanMs] texanus Groebbels, Der Vogel, ii, 1937, 239, in text (number 

 of eggs). 



[Colinus\ texanus Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 45, part. 



COLINUS VIRGINIANUS FLORIDANUS (Couea) 



Florida Bobwhite 



Adult male. — Similar to that of the nominate race but sHghtly smaller 

 and generally darker in color, more heavily inarked with black above 

 and below, the pectoral area immediately posterior to the black collar 

 with a distinct, broad band of tawny to hazel, streaked with black ; the 

 lower back and rump more olive-grayish, more contrasting with the color 

 of the upper back and rump than in the typical form. 



Adult female. — Similar to that of the nominate race but slightly smaller 

 and with all the blackish marks more heavily and conspicuously developed ; 

 and with a broad pectoral band of dull tawny-cinnamon more or less 

 mottled with black. 



Immature. — Similar to the adult of the corresponding sex but with 

 the outermost primaries more pointed terminally. 



Juvenal. — Similar to that of the corresponding sex of the nominate 

 form but darker, the black markings larger and heavier. 



Natal dozvn. — Similar to that of the nominate form but slightly darker. 



Adult male.— Wing 11(^111 (106.1) ; tail 53-62 (57.4) ; culmen from 

 the base 14-15.5 (14.8) ; tarsus 27-31 (29.3) ; middle toe without claw 

 25-29 (26.6 mm.).« 



Adult female.— Wmg 101-110 (105.8); tail 49-61.5 (56.1); culmen 

 from base 14—16 (14.5) ; tarsus 28-30 (28.7) ; middle toe without claw 

 25-29 (26.2mm.).« 



Range. — Resident in the Florida Peninsula, north to Gainesville, and, 

 on the east coast, to Anastasia Island, south to Miami and Paradise Key, 

 in open pinelands, on prairies among palmetto scrub, and about the borders 

 of bushy "hammocks." 



Type locality. — Enterprise, Volusia County, Fla. 



Ten specimens of each sex. 



