74 (I lvi<;i'<>KT OK STATK (KOUMJIST. 



H. ORDER GALLIN^E. (IALLIXACKOUS BIRDS. 



SUBORDER PH ASIANI. PHEASANTS, GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, QUAILS. 



XXII. FAMILY TETRAONID^. GROUSE, PHEASANTS, ETC. 



a 1 . Wing under 6.00; tarsus bare; sides of toes without comb-like projections. 



Subfamily PERDICIN^. 



6 1 . Head not crested. COLINUS. 62 



a 2 . Wing over 6.00 ; upper half or more of tarsus feathered ; toes in winter with a 

 fringe of horny points. Subfamily TETRAONIN^E. 



c 1 . Tarsus feathered about half way to toes. BON ASA. 63 



c 2 . Tarsus feathered to toes. 



d l . Toes feathered; plumage in winter white. LAGOPUS. 



d 2 . Toes not feathered. 



e 1 . Neck with tuft of elongated, stiff feathers on each side; tarsus naked 

 behind. TYMPANUCHUS. 64 



e 2 . Neck without peculiar feathers. 



f 1 . Tail rounded. DENDRAGAPUS. 



/ 2 . Tail pointed ; middle feather projecting beyond the others. 



PEDIOC^TES. 



SUBFAMILY PERDICIN^E. PARTRIDGES. 

 62. GEKUS COLINUS LESSON. 



*120. (289). Colinus virginianus (LINN.). 



Bobwhite. 

 Synonyms, QUAIL, PARTRIDGE. 



Male. Coronal feathers, erectile, but not forming a true crest; fore- 

 head, superciliary line and throat, white, bordered with black; crown, 

 neck all round and upper part of breast, brownish-red; other under 

 parts, tawny- whitish, all with more or fewer doubly crescentic black 

 bars; sides, broadly streaked with brownish-red; upper parts, varie- 

 gated with chestnut, black, gray and tawny, the latter edging the 

 inner quills. Female. Known by having the throat buff instead of 

 white, less black about the fore parts, and general colors less intense; 

 rather smaller than the male. 



Length, 9.50-10.75; wing, 4.30-4.70; tail, 2.40-2.90. 



RANGE. Eastern United States and southern Ontario, west to east- 

 ern Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory and eastern Texas: 

 south to Georgia, Alabama and other Gulf States. 



Nest, on ground. Eggs, 10-18; white; 1.19 by .94. 



Resident; generally common. Breeds. The Bobwhite is generally 

 known in Indiana as the "Quail." To some it is the "Partridge." 



