LAND BIRDS. 



ORDER GALLING. 



GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 

 Suborder PHASIANI. Pheasants, Grouse, Partridges, etc. 



Family TETRAONIDvE. Grouse, Partridges, 



etc. 



This large family contains nearly two hundred species, represented 

 in eastern North America by two subfamilies; the Perdicina or 

 "Quail" and Partridges, and the Tetraonina, the Grouse, Ptarmigan, 

 etc. Some, like the Prairie Hen, frequent open plains and fields, 

 while others, like the Ruffed Grouse, prefer the woods. With few 

 exceptions they are not migratory. After, the nesting season they 

 are found in flocks or "covies." 



Subfamily PERDICIN^. Quail and Partridges. 



Genus COLINUS Lesson. 

 140. Colinus virginianus (LiNN.). 

 QUAIL * OR BOB-WHITE. 



Distr. : Eastern United States, from southern Maine and southern 

 Ontario to the Gulf states. Has been introduced in a number of 

 western states, California, New Mexico, Oregon, etc. 



Adult male: Throat, white, bordered by black mixed with chest- 

 nut and white on sides of the neck; a stripe of white from the fore- 

 head over the eye; a streak of black below the eye, separating it from 

 the white throat; under parts, dull white, the feathers with narrow 

 bands of black; sides of the body streaked with chestnut ; feathers of 

 the upper back, pale chestnut brown, bordered with gray, showing 



* Although birds belonging to the genus Colinus are not true ''Quail" from a scientific 

 standpoint, they are so widely known and generally recognized by that name it seems undesirable 

 to change it. 



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