50 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
fine lines of blackish or dusky. In the male, the throat 
and a broad line over the eye are white, the rest of the 
head black or blackish streaked with brown. The sides 
of the neck are spotted with triangular dots of black 
and white, the back is reddish brown mottled with gray 
and more or less streaked with tawny. The female is 
paler than the male, and has the throat patch and the 
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BOB WHITE QUAIL 
stripe over the eye buffy. Sometimes the young males 
have this buff throat patch and superciliary stripe. The 
tail is bluish gray, the under tail coverts white streaked 
with reddish brown. The feathers of the flanks and 
sides are reddish brown, striped with whitish. Length 
about ten inches and wing about four and a half. Ex- 
tent of wings fifteen to sixteen inches. Weight from 
about six and a half to eight ounces. 
