GROUSE, QUAIL, ETC. 265 



GROUSE, QUAIL, ETC. 



Of var\dng sizes; young active when 

 hatched, covered with down and capable of 

 feeding themselves. All species run rapidly, 

 often hiding when alarmed to rise suddenly 

 with a whirl of wings when approached 

 closely. Nests, placed on ground; eggs, 

 many. Flight, rapid, direct with very quick 

 wing-breast. 



246. BOB WHITE. 



Small, 10, chestnut-brown above; throat, 

 line over eye and beneath, white; streaked 

 on upper breast and sides with chestnut; 

 patch on side of neck extending to bill, 

 black, fig. 206. Female has throat buff. 

 Downy young, buff streaked with dark- 

 brown, fig. 207; unable to fly until well 

 grown. Notes, Bob-white or More-wet-, some- 

 times. No more-wet, also a chuckling when 

 disturbed, and a call when the bevy is 

 separated. Eastern U. S. from southern 

 Me. to Fla. Eggs, white. 



