GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC. Order Gallinae 



Family Odontophoridse 

 BOB-WHITE; QUAIL; VIRGINIA PARTRIDGE 



289. Colinus virginianus. 10 in. 



Male with white throat, bordered with black; female 

 with a yellowish-brown throat, and line above eye. One 

 of the most popular " game birds," so popular that it 

 is exterminated in New England, and birds imported 

 from the west are unable to regain the lost foothold. 

 Found in stubble and low brush, where they hide until 

 almost stepped upon. They feed upon insects and grain. 



Notes. A clear whistled " bob-white " and a series of 

 low, clear whistles when in flocks. 



Nest. Of grass at the end of tunnel in tall grass 

 bordering fields; 8 to 16 white eggs (1.20x.95) ; May. 



Range. Resident east of the Rockies, north to Minn, 

 and Ontario. 289a, Fla. Bob-white (C. v. floridanus), 

 found in southern Florida is extremely dark (shown on 

 plate). 289b, Texan Bob-white (C. v. texanus) is paler 

 with black areas wider. 



