ORDER GALLING. 167 



ORDER GALLIN^E. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 



SUBORDER PHASIANI. PHEASANTS, GROUSE, PAR- 

 TRIDGES, QUAILS, ETC. 



FAMILY TETRAONID^E. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC. 

 SUBFAMILY PERDICIN-33. PARTRIDGES. 



GENUS COLINUS LESSON. 



Colinus LESS. Man. d'Orn. II. 1828, 190. Type, Tetrao virginianus 

 LINX. 



289. Colinus virginianus (LINN.). 



Bob-white. 



Telrao virginianus LINX. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 161. 

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



[8471, C 3 8 9 , R 4 8o, C 57 i.] 



HAB. Eastern United States and Southern Canada, from South- 

 ern Maine to the South Atlantic and Gulf States ; west to Dakota, 

 Eastern Kansas, and Eastern Texas. 



289 a. Colinus virginianus floridanus (COUES). 



Florida Bob-white. 



Ortyx virginianus \2x.floridanus COUES, Key, 1872, 237. 

 Colinus virginianus floridanus STEJX. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 45- 



[B , C 3 8 9 0,R 4800, 572.] 

 HAB. Florida. 



289 . Colinus virginianus texanus (LAWR.). 



Texan Bob-white. 



Ortyx texanus LAWR. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VI. April, 1853, I. 

 Colinus virginianus texanus STEJX. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 45. 



