QUAIL, BOBWHITE, PARTRIDGE 51 



The Florida bobwhite (C. virginianus floridanus) 

 averages somewhat smaller and considerably darker, 

 the black markings being wider and occupying relatively 

 more space on the feathers. 



The Texan bobwhite (C. virginianus texanus) is 

 slightly smaller than the typical bobwhite, but larger 

 than that of Florida. Mr. Ridgway says an olive gray- 

 ish tint prevails over the whole back without conspicu- 

 ous black spots, and the general surface is usually dis- 

 tinctly barred with lighter; the black markings of the 

 lower parts are usually broad and nearly transverse, as 

 in C. virginianus floridanus. 



Bobwhite is the most widely distributed of our galli- 

 naceous birds except perhaps the turkey and the ruffed 

 grouse. In one form or another it is found from Mas- 

 sachusets south to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and 

 from southern Ontario, Canada, west and south through 

 eastern Minnesota, Southern Dakota, Nebraska, Kan- 

 sas, Oklahoma and Texas, into Mexico. Besides, 

 it has been introduced at various points west of its natu- 

 ral range and apparently has become thoroughly estab- 

 lished in Utah and Idaho. It is reported also to be 

 quite abundant in portions of California and in the 

 Willamette Valley, Oregon, as well as on certain islands 

 of Puget Sound, Washington. Though introduced and 

 doing well at various points Denver, Fort Collins, etc. 

 in Colorado, some naturalists believe that it has of 

 itself advanced west with the farmers into eastern 

 Colorado. 



