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[Colinus] virginianus Cory, List Birds West Indies, 1885, 24, part ; rev. ed., 1886, 

 24, part. 



Colinus virginianus Cory, Auk, iv, 1887, 224, part; Birds West Indies, 1889, 223, 

 part; Auk, viii, 1891, 294 (New Providence); Cat. West. Indian Birds, 1892, 

 96, part (New Providence), 138, part (crit.). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check-list, ed. 2, 1895, 106; ed. 3, 1910, 134, part.— Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, 

 517 (New Providence). 



Ortyx bahamensis Bonhote, Ibis, 1903, 299 (New Providence; spec). 



Colinus bahamensis Maynard, App. Cat. Birds West Indies, 1899, ZZ (New Provi- 

 dence Island, Bahamas; coll. C. J. Maynard). — Bangs, Auk, xvii, 1900, 286 

 (New Providence; crit.); Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixx, 1930, 159 (type in 

 Mus. Comp. Zool.). — Bonhote, Ibis, 1903, 299 (New Providence; crit,; 

 habits). — Allen, Auk, xxii, 1905, 122 (New Providence). 



Colinus virginianus bahamensis Riley, Auk, xxii, 1905, 352 (New Providence) ; 

 in Shattuck, Bahama Islands, 1905, 360 (New Providence; breeds). 



C{olinus\ virginianus cubanensis (not Ortyx cubanensis Gould) Ridgway, Man. 

 North Amer. Birds, 1887, 188, part (sw. Florida). 



Colinus virginianus cubanensis Ridgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 593, 

 part. — American Ornithologists' Union, Suppl. Check List, rev. ed., 1889, 

 7, part. — Bendire, Life Hist. North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 9, part. 



(?) Colinus virginianus cubanensis Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 245 (Key West, Fla.). 



COLINUS VIRGINIANUS INSULANUS Howe 



Key West Bob white 



Adult nvale. — Similar to that of C. v. floridanus but smaller, "crown 

 uniform dark fuscous, forehead showing more white. Otherwise colored 

 like floridanus . . . wing 97, tail 44, culmen 14, tarsus 30 mm." 



Known only from the type specimen, doubtfully distinct from C. v. 

 floridanusJ 



Range. — Known only from the type locality. Key West, Fla. ; now 

 extinct. 



Colinus virginianus cubanensis (not of Gray) Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 245 (Key West, 

 July 5, 1888; spec). 



Colinus virginianus insulanus Howe, Proc Biol. Soc Washington, xvii, 1904, 168 

 (Key West, Fla.; meas. ; crit.). — Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixx, 1930, 160 

 (type spec, in Mus. Comp. Zool). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check 

 List North Amer. Birds, ed., 4, 1931, 88 (Key West; extinct). — Howell, Florida 

 Bird Life, 1932, 194 (Key West; history).— Peters, Check List Birds of World, 

 ii, 1934, 47 (Key West; extinct). — Hellmayr and Conover, Cat. Birds Amer., 

 i. No. 1, 1942, 240 (syn.; distr.). 



Colinus virginianus virginianus (not of Linnaeus) Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 162, 

 1932, 31, in text, part (Key West). 



^ According to persons who have been in Key West, there is reason to question 

 whether there ever was any country there suitable for bobwhites. This would make 

 the present form seem more likely to have been based on a stray, small example 

 of the south Floridian race. For this reason, and also since, being extinct and known 

 from only a single example, material of it is not apt to be forthcoming for identi- 

 fication, it might well be looked upon as not distinct from C. v. floridanus. 



