FAMILY TETKAONIDiE. GKOUSE, PARTRIDGES, QUAILS, ETC. 



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LAND BIRDS. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



FAMILY TETRAONID/E. 

 Grouse, Partridges, Quails, etc. 



Toes, four, the hind toe elevated above the rest; bill, 

 rather short and stout ; wing, short and somewhat rounded, 

 the outer primaries curved ; wing, less than 12 inches long. 



Group 1. Wing, less than 5 inches long. 



Uuderpiirts, white, black, aud rufous; throat, white (male); throat, buff brown 



(female). 



Quail. Bob White. 



C'olinK^ virgiiiitnins^ and races. 



See Xo. 28.5. 



The Southern race (C. v. floridanus) has much more black on the In-east and tlie 

 underparts more heavily banded than the Northern bird. 



