THE FLORIDA BOB WHITE. 30 
raise in a season, and their considerable size, there 1s 
no reason why this bird should not be abundant in all 
the districts in which it is found, affording food and sport 
for multitudes of people. But so long as each person 1s 
permitted to do with them as seemeth good in his own 
eyes, the time cannot be far distant when it will become 
scarce in many parts of Florida and extinct 1n some. 
The winter brings many men to the State who hunt with- 
out ceasing, and this little bird is one of the chief objects 
they seek. The same covey is followed day after day until 
only two or three, or perhaps no birds at all are left, and 
then new localities are sought and fresh coveys decimated 
or destroyed. The negroes also snare multitudes of 
Quail, and on every occasion that offers take potshots 
at a bevy huddled together on the ground. It cannot 
therefore be surprising, that from man’s legitimate and 
illegitimate killing, in connection with that accomplished 
by furred, feathered, and scaly foes, the lives of the 
Florida Quail are constantly sacrificed, and the existence 
of the race threatened. The food of this bird consists of 
seeds and berries, and its notes are the same as those 
of Bob White. 
COLINUS VIRGINIANUS FLORIDANUS. 
Geographical Distribution.—State of Florida. 
Adult Male,—In its general markings this bird resembles its 
relative ‘‘ Bob White” of the Northern United States, but is very 
much darker in all its coloration. The top of the head is almost 
black, and the white under parts are barred irregularly with jet 
black, and the chestnut flank feathers are marked on their outer 
webs with white and jet black. Lower abdomen and vent, dusky 
white barred with black. The back, wings, and tail are similar to 
those of the typical style, but much darker in all the colors, 
except perhaps the tail feathers, which are not much different in 
hue from those of the Northern ‘‘ Bob White.”” Throat and line 
