468 NORTH AMEiaCAN BIRDS. 



Black fjiilar coUiu- nl' the nuih .50, or less, in width. 



Reckli.sh tints iirrviuiiiiLj ; those iiciii-ly I'luiiiiiuoua on the upper 

 parts, where tin; niottliiiKs are iiiinulo. Distiiiet Mack hlotches on 

 the scapulars, tertiais, and upi)er part of rump. Winjr, 4.2.") (Florida, 

 Southern Illinois, llissonri, etc.) to 4.,SII (northeastern L'nited 

 States). Iliih. Eastern Province ol' the United States; Jamaica? 



var. (• i ri/ in id ii us. 



Grayish tints prevaiiins;; no contimious I'olor on the n|iper parts, 



where the mottlinj^s are coarse and .ijcncral. \o distinct l.lauk 



blotches on the scapulars, etc. «^iular lilack collar narrower. Winp, 



4.10 to 4.50. Ilidt. riains, from Texas to Kansas (where it j,'railcs 



into vir(jiiii(t)ius) mu: texci n us. 



Black gular collar much ino'v than .'>0 in width. 



Black niarkinfrs pred(iminatin,tr in the male. Female hardly dis- 

 tinguishable I'roni that ol' var. lexanus. Wing, 4.10. Ilab. Culm. 



var. r h ha ii en .s t.s'.' 



Ortyx virginianus, var. virginianus, Bonvp. 



QTTAIL; PARTEIDGE; BOB- WHITE. 



Tclriio rliyi II i,i lilts, hiss. Syst. Nat. I, 1700, 277, 10 (female ?). — Omklin, 1, 17S8, 701. 

 Pcnlix riiyinidiiii, L.vrii. Iml. Orn. Ii, 1790, e,')0. — Wilson, ,\m. Orn. VI, 1S12, 

 21, pi. xlvii. — Doi-dUTY's Cab. I, 1830, 37, pi. iv. - At D. Orn. liiog. I, 1831, 388 ; 

 V, 1839, i,(ii, pi. l.vwi. Pcrdi.,: {Orti/.,) vinjinidna, Uonap. Obs. Wils. 1825, Xo. 2()3. 

 Orljix vii-fjiiii,iii,i, .1 liniNK, Xat. Library liirds, IV, {Jaine Uirds, 101, pi. x. — Don, 

 List, 1838. -All). Syn. 1839, 199. — In. Hirds Amor. V, 1842, .19, pi. cclxxxix. — 

 GofLi), Moil. Odont. pi. i. — lUiiiii, Bhds X. Am. 1858, 040. —Xewton, Ibis, I, 

 255 (Santa Cruz ; introduced 1). — Bijvant, 15. Pr. VII, 1859 (Bidiama.s ; introduced '.). 

 — ScLATKi!, P. Z. S. 1801, 80 (Jamaica). — Maiicu, P. A. X. S. 1803, 303 (Jamaica). 

 -Max. Cab. J. VII, 18.58, 444. — Okay, Cat. Brit. Mas. V, 1807, 75. — I'owi.i: li. 

 Am. Xat. Ill, Dec. 1809, 535 (habits). Pi-ri/ix (Co/iiii,,) i-iri/iiiiaiia, NrrrALi,, Man. 

 I, 1832, 040. Telnio moi-ilKiK/kiis, Uss. Syst. Xat. I, 1700, 277, 18. — Cmki.ix, I, 

 1788, 761, 17. Pcnlix mai-i/inidiai, Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 050. Tctrao iiiliior, 

 I5ai!T1!AM, Travels, 1791, 290 bis. Pcrdix Immtlis, ViKli.i.or, Xouv. Diet. — In. 

 (iaierie, II, 4-1, pi. ccxiv. (Mijx borci/h, SrKi'll., Shaw's Zoiil. XI, 1819, 377. 

 Vinjinia Pai-tnihji; Latham, Syn. II, ii, 777. Ortiix castunciis, Gori.D, P. Z. S. X, 

 182. —In. Jlon. Odont. (A somewhat melanistic plumage, occasionally seen in speci- 

 mens from Iowa, Illinois, etc. ?) 



Sp. Char. Forehead, and line through the eye and along the side of the neck, with 

 chin and throat, white. A band of black across the vertex, and exteiuling backwards on 

 the sides, within the white, and another from the maxilla lieneath the eye, and crossing 

 on the lower part of the throat. The under parts are whit(>, tinged with brown anteriorly: 

 each feather with several narrow, obtusely V-shaped bands of black. The forepart of 

 back, the side of the breast, and in front just lielow the l)la<'k collar, of a dull i)inkish- 

 red. The .side!? of body .and wing-coverts brownish-red ; the latter almost uniform, with- 

 out indication of mottling. Scapulars and upper tertiais coar.sely blotched with lilack, 

 and edged internally with lirownish-yellow. Top of head reddish ; the lower jiart of 

 neck, except anteriorly, streaked with white and black. Primary ((uills unspotted brown. 

 Tail a.sh. Femnle with the white markings of the head replaced by brownish-yellow ; the 

 black ones with brownish. 



1 Ortifx viiyiiiiniius, vm: cidifini'iisis. Or/i/x aibaiiaisis, " Gould." — Guay & Mitch. Gen. 

 Ill, 514. Ortyx, .sp. 2. — Gori.ii, Mon. Odont. 



