BOB WHITE Colinus virginianus 



PRESENT DISTRIBUTION 



Established di s1ribu1ion(past ond present 

 Present distribution 



Range. — Native to United States east of 

 tlie Rocky Mountains and extreme southern 

 <Jntario, Canada; also in Cuba and a large part 

 of Mexico. Established after introduction be- 

 yond its native range in eastern Washington and 

 the Snake River valley of eastern Oregon and 

 western Idalio. 



Habitat. — Mixed brush and grassland types 

 broken up into small areas of each. Open wood- 



land, brushy and weedy fallow fields most char- 

 acteristic of eastern races; brushy areas along 

 stream courses on the western plains; brushy 

 scrub oak or mesquite-cactus pastures for south- 

 western races. Usually' mixed, disturbed habitats 

 are best. The numerous Mexican races in the 

 aggregate occupy nearly any type of open country 

 from short grass prairie of Jalisco and mesciuite- 

 grasslands of Sonora, to savannahs in Chiapas. 



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