MASKED BOB WHITE. 39 
slight elevations. It has a second note, resembling Hoo- 
we, which like the Quoi-i-hee of Bob White, is uttered 
when the birds are scattered and desirous of again 
coming together. The habits of the two species are 
very similar, and the present one feeds on insects of 
various kinds, many sorts of seeds, and sometimes small 
leaves. It is a very handsome bird, and in the sun the 
breast of the male appears red and makes him a 
very conspicuous object. The body is very plump and of 
about the same size as Gambel’s Quail. The eggs are 
exactly like Bob White’s in size, color, and shape, and 
the nest is also a similar structure, a depression in the 
ground hidden amid the grass, or in some retired equally 
well-screened position, withdrawn from the prying eyes 
of its enemies. 
From having been taken at as lofty an elevation as 
6000 feet, it would seem that this handsome species 
was hardy and able to withstand quite severe weather, 
and it might be a profitable bird to introduce in the 
Northern States in those localities where the original 
stock from various causes had disappeared. Until, how- 
ever, they had become thoroughly acclimatized, the birds 
would require considerable attention and care, especially 
in severe winters and times of heavy snows. 
COLINUS RIDGWA YI. 
Geographical Distributzon.—Southern Arizona to Sonora, 
Mexico. 
Adult Male.—Head, black, mixed with chestnut on top, passing 
into nearly all chestnut on occiput and hind-neck, the latter with 
occasional spots of white. Upper part of back, chestnut, sparsely 
mottled with black, but rest of upper parts and wings closely 
barred with black and buff; central tail feathers like the back, 
remainder bluish gray slightly mottled with buff near the tips. 
