GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC.—Order Galline 
Family Odontophoride 
BOB-WHITE; QUAIL; VIRGINIA PARTRIDGE 
289. Colinus virginianus. 10 in. 
Male with white throat, bordered with black; female 
with a yellowish-brown throat, and line above eye. One 
of the most popular “game birds,” so populsr that it 
is exterminated in New England, and birds imported 
from the west are unable to regain the lost foothold. 
Found in stubble and low brush, where they hide until 
almost stepped upon. They feed upon insects and grain. 
Notes.—A clear whistled ‘ bob-white ” and a series of 
low, elear whistles when in flocks. 
Nest.—Of grass at the end of tunnel in tall grass 
bordering fields; 8 to 16 white eggs (1.20 x .95) ; May. 
Range.—Resident east of the Rockies, north to Minn. 
and Ontario. 289a, Fla. Bob-white (C. v. floridanus), 
found in southern Florida is extremely dark (shown on 
plate). 289b, Texan Bob-white (C. v. texanus) is paler 
with black areas wider. 
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