7'l(! I'KI'OIIT ok StATK (.hoOLOiilST. 



11. OiiDKit GALLINyE. (tai.linackous Hihds. 



Subokdkr]*IIASIAN1. Pheasants, Grouse, Partriixjes, Quails. 



XXII. Family TETRAONID^. Grouse, Pheasants, Etc. 



a'. Wing uiuler 6.00; tarsus hare; sides of toes without eouih-like projections. 

 Subfamily Perdicin.k. 

 6'. Head not crested. Colinus. 62 



«^. Wing over 6.00; upper lialf or more of tarsus feathered ; toes in winter witli a 

 fringe of horny points. Subfamily Tetbaoninj;. 



c^. Tarsus feathered about half way to toes. Konasa. 6.S 



c'^. Tarsus feathered to toes. 



t/'. Toes feathered; plumage in winter white. liAooPlus. 



d'~. Toes not feathered. 



<■'. Neck witii tuft of elongated, stifl' featiiers on each side; tarsus naked 

 behind. TvMrANUCiiu.s. 64 



e'^. Neck without peculiar featiiers. 

 /'. Tail rounded. DENDiiAfi.vrt'.s. 



/-. Tail pointed; middle feather projecting beyond the others. 



PKDK)tM';TES. 



SrilIAMlLY I'ERDirlN.l]. rAUPRIDCES. 



62. GknusCOMNI'S Lksson. 



'120. {2H9): Colinus virginianus (Linn.). 



Bobwhite. 

 Synonyms, Qiail, Partkidoe. 



Male. — Coronal feathers, erectile, but not forming a tnie crest; fore- 

 head, superciliary line and throat, white, bordered with black; crown, 

 neck all ronnd and iipjier })ai'l of breast, brownish-red; other nndei' 

 parts, tKiwny-whitish, all with more (n- fewer doubly crescentic black 

 bars; sides, broadly streaked with brownish-red; upper parts, varie- 

 gated with chestnut, black, gray and tawny, the latter edging the 

 inner quills. Female. — Known by having the throat buff instead of 

 white, less black about the fore parts, and general colors less intense; 

 rather smaller than the male. 



Length, 9.50-1 0.75; wing, 4.30-4.70; tail, 2.40-3.90. 



IIange. — Eastern Pniied Slates and southern Ontario, west (<> casl- 

 ern Minnesota, Nebraska. Kansas, Indian Territory and eastern Texas; 

 south to Georgia, Alabama and other Gulf States. 



Nest, on ground. Egg.<^, 10-18; white; 1.19 by .94. 



Resident; generally connnon. Breeds. The Bobwhite is generally 

 Kni>\\ii in huliana as (be "()iiail." To souio it is the "■rartridLic"' 



