NOTES ON BIRDS OF KENTUCKY — WETMORE 535 



FALCO SPARVERIUS SPARVERIUS Linnaeus : Eastern Sparrow Hawk 



Found sparingly throughout the State as the following records 

 indicate: Cerulean Springs, Trigg County, November 5; Waverly, 

 May 9; Madisonville, October 21 and 22; South Carrollton, October 

 22; Brandenburg, April 23; Eoundhill, November 9; Brownsville, 

 November 12 ; Monticello, June 11 ; Mount Vernon, October 1 and 4 ; 

 4,100 feet elevation on Black Mountain, 5 miles southeast of Lynch, 

 June 29; FuUerton, July 13. The majority of the observations were 

 of one bird or occasionally of two in a day. 



Family TETRAONIDAE 



BONASA UMBELLUS TOGATA (Linnaeus): Canada Ru£Fed Grouse 



The only one recorded during the present work was seen 5 miles 

 west of Mount Vernon. As it was not taken its identification to 

 subspecies is based on supposition only. 



Family PERDICIDAE 



COLINUS VIRGINIANUS VIRGINIANUS (Linnaeus) : Eastern Bobwhite 



Of two shot near Bedford, Trimble County, October 13, a male is 

 typical of the eastern bobwhite, while a female shows a strong infusion 

 of the characters of the so-called "Mexican" bobwhite that has been 

 imported so abundantly in the Eastern United States. This hybrid 

 bird is distinctly grayer above than the native stock, but at the same 

 time it shows more brown than the introduced bird. Below, the mark- 

 ings are those of the eastern bobwhite. 



Other quail were seen near Corydon, May 14; at Brownsville, No- 

 vember 8; Golden Pond, Trimble County, November 3; and Rocky- 

 branch June 13. 



COLINUS VIRGINU-NUS TEXANUS: Texas Bobwhite 



Of this introduced bird, usually called the "Mexican quail," a typi- 

 cally marked adult male was shot near Burlington along the Ohio 

 River on October 10. This specimen has the gray upper surface and 

 the heavily barred breast characteristic of this form. Major James 

 Brown, Director, Division of Game and Fish of the Department of 

 Conservation, informs me that the State authorities have imported 

 quail from Mexico for years, and also have brought brood stock from 

 elsewhere in the United States. The present wild stock of bobwhite is 

 therefore of mixed blood to a high degree. 



Family RALLIDAE 



FULICA AMERICANA AMERICANA Gmelin: American Coot 



One was obtained along the Ohio River near Burlington, October 11. 



