IgS XORTH AMERICA y BIRDS. 



cidedly V-sh:ipod. Length 9.50-10.75, wing 4.30-4.70 (iivcr- 

 age about 4.55), tail 2.40-2.90 (2.70), fiilmcn .55-.65 (.59), 

 depth of bill at base .33-.40 (.35), tarsus 1.20-1.50 (1.38), 

 middle toe 1.10-1.22 (1.18). /%s 1.18 X -94. Hab. 

 Eastern United States, west to eastern Minnesota, Ne- 

 braska, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Texas, south to 

 Georgia, Alabama, and other Gulf States. 



289. C. virginianus (Linn.). Bob White. 

 e'. Smaller, with colors averaging durUer, especially on lower 

 parts, where black markings are broader and usually more 

 transverse. Wing 4.10-4.50 (average about 4.28), tail 2.C0- 

 2.90 (2.76), eulmen .57-.62 (.CO), depth of bill at base .36- 

 .42 (.38), tarsus 1.13-1.28 (1.19), middle toe 1.03-1.17 (.1.09). 

 Eggs 1.18 X -S-l- ITab. Florida and Cuba. 



289, (. C. virginianus floridanus (Coies.) 

 Florida Bob "White. 

 d'. Upper parts with little rusty (except anteriorly'), an olive-grajnsh 

 tint prevailing, the scapulars, tertials, and lower back u-sually 

 without conspicuous black blotches, and the general surface 

 usually distinctly barred with lighter; black markings of lower 

 parts usuallj' broad and nearly transverse, as in C virgiitianiis 

 floridanus. Adult male usually with a very distinct band of 

 uniform pale cinnamon across chest, immediately beneath the 

 black collar. 



Wing 4.20-4.65 (4.39), tail 2.20-2.70 (2.44), culmcn .50-.60 



(.59), depth of bill at base .30-.40 (.36), tarsus 1.15-1.35 



(1.27), middle toe .95-1.15 (1.07). Eggs 1.18 X .94. Hub. 



Texas and northeastern Mexico, north to western Kansas. 



289i. C. virginianus texanus ( Fy.vwu.). 



Texan Bob White. 



c'. Feathers of flanks with black markings heavy, broken into irregular 



figures, often enclosing a white spot — the edge never continuously 



white; black markings on breast and bcUj' very irregular or much 



broken, with frequently a longitudinal tendency- ; chest usually 



chiefly or entirely black, or striped with black and rufous, in the 



male, coarsely spotted with black, dull white, and rusty in the 



female. 



Wing 4.00-4.15 (4.07), tail 1.91-2.20 (2.07), eulmen .5S-.63 (.CO), 

 depth of bill at base .30-.35 (.32), tarsus 1.12-1.17 (1.14), middle 

 toe 0.98-1.08 (1.04). ILib. Cuba. 



C. virginianus cubanensis (Gnni-D). Cuban Bob White.' 

 I'. Adult males with lower jjarts chiefly uniform cinnamon-rufous ov cinnanmn- 

 color. 



1 Orlyx cubaneneit Gould, Mod. Odont. 185U, pi, 2, 



