WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 2. 



Order: Galllnae. 

 Family: Tetraonidae. 



Quail, BOB=WHITE. 



Genus: Colinus. 

 Species: C. virginianus. 



Distribution: 



A resident of southern New England. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts reddish brown, buff and black, forehead and eye 

 line white, head black marked, tail grayish ; under parts gray- 

 ish buff, waved finely with black, throat band black, throat 

 and belly white, flanks chestnut. Female paler, throat buff, 

 less black. Bill black, feet pale. Length about 9.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



Bob-white or bob-bob-white and a few other low notes. 



Haunts: 



Pasture land, woodland and often thick cover. 



