Order GALLING. 



Family ODONTOPHORID^E. 



BOB-WHITE; QUAIL. 



289. Colinus virg. virginianus. 10 in. 



Mottled with brown and buff and barred 

 and streaked with black. Male with white 

 throat and line over the eye. Female with 

 these areas buff. 



Note. A clearly whistled bob-white. 



Nest. Of grass in tall grass or weeds. 

 Eggs white. 



Range. Resident from southern Me., On- 

 tario and Minn, southward. Florida Bob- 

 white, which is much darker, occurs in Fla. 

 and southern Ga. 



SCALED QUAIL. 

 293. Callipepla squamata squamata. 10 in. 



Blue-gray and whitish ; feathers with dusky 

 edges giving a scaly effect. A buff crest. 



Nest. On the ground. Eggs white finely 

 specked with reddish-brown. 



Range. Westward from central Tex. 

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