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PERDICID.E — ODONTOPHORIN^: PARTRIDGES AND QUAILS. 753 



hibit the character to which the name Odontophorina: is due. In habits, they agree more or 

 less completely witli the vvell-kuown Bub White. Our species are apparently monogamous, 

 and go in small flocks, called " coveys," usually consisting of the members of one family ; some 

 species " pack" in large flocks; they are terrestrial, but take to trees on occasion; nest on the 

 ground, laying numerous white or speckled eggs; are chiefly grauivorous, but also feed on 

 buds, soft fruits, and insects ; and are non-migratory. 



Analysis of Genera. 



An inconspicuous crest, scarcely visible except in life. Tail about I as long as wing, 12-feathered. Coloration every- 

 where variegated. Sexes distinguishable. (Two species. ) Colinus 



A short, soft, full crest. Tail | the wing, 14-feathered. Coloration much the same all over, showing curious semi- 

 circular markings. Sexes similar. (One species. ) Callipepla 



A long, slender, arrowy crest, two or three mches long, of two narrowly hnear feathers. Tail g as long as wing, 

 12-feathered. Parti-colored, but the coloration chiefly in masses. Sexes similar. (One species.) . . Oreortyx 



A long, recurved, helmet-like crest, of several imbricated plumes, enlarged at extremity. Tail J as long as wing, 

 12-feathered. Coloration chiefly in mas.ses. Sexes unlike. ^Two species.) Lophortyx 



A short, soft, full crest. Tail scarcely \ as long as wing, 12-feathered. Coloration peculiar, in round, white spots 

 on under parts of the cf. Sexes very uuhke. (One species. ) Cyrtonyz 



COLI'NUS. (Latinized from the French colin of Bufl'on and others ; probably derived from 

 some Mexican word.) Colins. Bob Whites. Feathers of crown lengthened and erectile, 

 but hardly forming a true cres^t. Tail 

 about f as long as wing, 12-feathered. 

 Outstretched feet reaching beyond end 

 of tail. Coloration much variegated ; 

 reddish-brown varied with black and 

 white the leading color. Meat of 

 breast white. Eggs white, pyriform, 

 numerous. Besides the species treated 

 beyond there are several others, as 

 CC. graysoni, pectoralis, and coi/olcos ^"'- ^°*'- " ^'" '"""^ ^'"'^ °^ ^'''''""^' """'■ '''"■ ^'^"^ "=''• '^'^- ^- ^'^ 

 of Mexico, and C. nigrigularis of Yucatan. (Orty.r of all former eds. of the Key, as of most 

 writers, after Steph. Gen. Zool. xi, 1819, p. 37C}; but this is untenable because antedated by 

 Ortyx Oken, Lehrbuch Naturg. vi, 181G, p. 611 (which is a synonym of Ortygis Illioeu, 

 1811 — an Old World genus of a different family). The next name in order of dates is Ortygia 

 BoiE, Isis, 1826, p. 977 ; but this is the same word as Ortygis, and so cannot be used. The 

 next name, and the first one which is tenable by our rules, is Colinus Lesson, Man. ii, 1828, 

 p. 190, also used, in the form Colinia, by Xl'ttam., Man. i, l^.'ivJ, p. 646: see Auk, Jan. 

 1885, p. 45.) 



Analysis of Species and Subspecies. 



Under parts varied with black and rusty on a white or whitish ground. 



Length of ^f 10. (H) or rather more; extent 15.00 or more; wing 4.50 or more. Bill blackish-brown. Ground 



color dull pinkish-red witli narrow black bars below • lirrfinimiui 



Length of (f scarcely 10.00 ; extent under 15.00 ; wing scarcely or not 4.."»0. Bill jet bl.ick. Ground color dark 



reddish, with much broader black bars below v . jlor idituus 



Length, etc., as in Jioridaniis. Ground color paler tlian in t irgiiiimiu.i^ with numerous black bar*, and increase 



of asliy and tawny ■ .... v. Inanus 



Under parts mostly uniform cinnamon brown riJgicnyi 



C. virKiiiia'iius. (Of Virginia. Fiys. 5(K!, 507, 508.) C'o.mmon ("oi.in. I'.VKTUIDOK, or 

 Qi All.. I'x)!! W'liiri:. " (,i)i"AiL : "' New England, wherever the Itufled (Jrouse is callotl 

 "partridge." " I'autkidge: " Snuthern ami Middle States, wherever the KnH'ed (trouse is 

 called " j.heasant." Also siiecified as the Amkhuan, Vikcixiax, and Makvland C'ohlN, 

 I'AUTKlixiK, or QfAIL. Ailnlt (J : Forehead, superciliary line, and throat white, borderetl 

 with black; cmwTi, neik all muiid, and upper part i.f Imast bniwni.>ih-red ; other under parts 



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