TEXAN BOB WHITE, of 
not, as a general thing, blotched with black to any such extent. 
The lines formed by outer edges of scapulars, tertials, and inner 
secondaries are very pale buff, almost white, and the bars on the 
feathers are in many cases of the same color. On the upper part 
of breast, beneath the black that surrounds the white throat, is a 
narrow pale cinnamon band, and the white of the rest of the 
under parts is irregularly barred with jet black. Rest of plumage 
like the Northern bird but paler. Total length about g inches ; 
wing, 44; tail, 2}; tarsus, 1}; bill, 4. 
Adult Female.—General plumage marked like the male but 
very pale in its general hues, in some specimens the lower back 
and rump being a light olive-brown barred with buff. A band of 
very pale cinnamon crosses upper part of breast, and the white 
under parts are barred with dark brown. Line over eyes, pale 
buff, and the throat also pale buff, becoming almost white in the 
center. Dimensions about the same as those of the male. 
Asin the other forms of ‘‘ Bob White,” there is considerable 
variation among individuals of the Texan Quail, and a description 
of one bird would not be equally accurate for all, but this form 
can generally be distinguished by its pale colors and narrow 
cinnamon breast band. 
Young.—Top of head, rufous, with a black spot in the center, 
and a narrow black line from behind the eye. Upper part and 
wings, rufous, mottled with blackish brown feathers, streaked and 
tipped with white. Secondaries, pale brown, mottled with black- 
ish brown on outer webs, and barred with buffy white and tipped 
with same. Throat white. Breast, pale brown, streaked along 
the shafts of the feathers with white and vermiculated on breast 
with dark brown; rest of under parts, whitish brown, faintly 
barred in the flanks with darker brown. Bill, light horn color. 
