50 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 



fine lines of blackish or dusky. In the male, the throat 

 and a broad line over the eye are white, the rest of the 

 head black or blackish streaked with brown. The sides 

 of the neck are spotted with triangular dots of black 

 and white, the back is reddish brown mottled with gray 

 and more or less streaked with tawny. The female is 

 paler than the male j and has the throat patch and the 



BOB WHITE QUAIL 



stripe over the eye buffy. Sometimes the young males 

 have this buff throat patch and superciliary stripe. The 

 tail is bluish gray, the under tail coverts white streaked 

 with reddish brown. The feathers of the flanks and 

 sides are reddish brown, striped with whitish. Length 

 about ten inches and wing about four and a half. Ex- 

 tent of wings fifteen to sixteen inches. Weight from 

 about six and a half to eight ounces. 



