T40 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
with Ortyx virginianus. It is most abundant in the centra 
parts of the State. Its range northward extends well into the 
Indian territory, and it hasalso been taken in Western Kansas, 
where, however, it is rare. Its general habits do not differ 
materially from those of O. wirginianus. (Lendire.) 
Mr. William Lloyd, of Marfa, Texas, says:—“ The Texan 
Bob-Whites are birds of the lowlands, and not found above 
an altitude of 2,000 feet. Their food consists of small berries, 
acorns, grain, buds and leaves of aromatic herbs and small 
shrubs, varied with occasional beetles, grasshoppers, and ants, 
especially the winged females, of which they seem to be very 
fond. They are very unsuspicious, and their low notes, uttered 
while feeding, attract a good many enemies. I have seen foxes 
on the watch, and the Marsh Harrier perched in a clump of 
erass on the look-out, waiting for them to pass. But the many 
large Rattlesnakes found here are their worst enemies. One 
killed in May had swallowed five of these birds at one meal ; 
another a female, evidently caught on her nest, and a half- 
dozen of her eggs; a third, four Bob-Whites and a Scaled Par- 
tridge.” 
Nest and Eggs.—Similar to those of O. wirginianus. 
II. THE CUBAN COLIN. ORTYX CUBANENSIS. 
Ortyx cubanensis, Gould, Monogr. Odontoph. pt. i. pl. 2 
(1850); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 421 
(1893). 
Colinus virginianus cubanensis, Bendire, N. Am. B.p. 9 (1892). 
Adult Male—Chin and throat white, surrounded by a black 
band; top of the head J/ack ; chest-feathers black, mixed with 
dull rufous or white in the middle ; rest of undcr-parts chestnut, 
irregularly edged with black, and spotted with white on the 
sides. Total length, 8 inches ; wing, 4:2 ; tail, 2°3 ; tarsus, 1°2 5 
middle toe and claw, 1°4. 
Adult Female —Coarsely spotted on the under-parts with black, 
dirty white, and rufous. 
