Io6 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Order GALLING. Gallinaceous Birds. 



Suborder PHASIANI. Pheasants, Grouse, Par- 

 tridges, Quails, etc. 



Family TETRAONID^. Grouse, Partridges, etc. 

 Subfamily FERDICIN^. Partridges. 



Genus COLINUS Lesson. 



Colinus Less. Man. d'Orn. II. 1828, 190. Type, Tetrao virgin- 

 ianus Linn. 



289. Colinus virginianus (Linn.). 

 Bob-white. 



Tetrao virginianus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 161. 

 Colinus virginianus Stejn. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 45. 



[B 471, C 389, R 480, C571.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States and southern Ontario, from 

 southern Maine to the South Atlantic and Gulf States ; west to central 

 South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and eastern Texas. Of 

 late years has gradually extended its range westward along lines of 

 railroad and settlements ; also, introduced at various points in 

 Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, California, Oregon, and Wash- 

 ington. Breeds throughout its range. 



289 a. Colinus virginianus floridanus (Coues). 



Florida Bob-white. 



Ortyx virginianus w2ir.Jiorida7ius Coues, Key, 1872, 237. 

 Colinus virginianus floridanus Stejn. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 45. 



