TETBA0NIB2E -ODONTOPHOBIN^: PABTBIDGES OB QUAIL. 



589 



210. 



forty-odd species aro known. In habits, they agree more or k'ss completely with the well 

 known Bob-white. Our species are apparently monogamous, and gt.) in small Hocks, called 

 '^ coveys/' usually consisting of the meuibers of one family; they are ten-e.strial, but take to the 

 trees on occasion; nest on the ground, laying numerous white or speckled eggs; are chiehy 

 granivorous, but also feed on buds, soft fruits, and insects ; and are non- migratory. 



Analysis of Genera. 

 An inconspicuoiis crest, scarcely visible excejit in life. Tail about I as long as tlie wing. Coloration 



everywhere variegated. (One species) Ortyx 210 



A short, soft, full crest. Tail ^ the wing. Coloration much the same all over, showing curious semi- 

 circular markings. ("One sijecies) CalUpcj^Ia 213 



A long, slender, arrowy crest, two or three inches long, of two narrowly linear feathers. Tail ^ as long as 

 the wing. Parti-colored, but the coloration chiefly in masses. (One species) ....... Orortyx 211 



A long, recurved, helmet-like crest, of several imbricated plumes, enlarged at the extremity. Tail q- as 



long as the wing. Coloration chiefly in masses. (Two species) , Lophortyx 212 



A short, soft, full crest. Tail scarcely I as long as the wing. Coloration peculiar, in round, white spots 



on the under parts of the (f. (One species) Cyrfonyx 214 



As all these genera have each but a single species in this country, excepting Lophortyx, the foregoing is 

 nearly etpuvalent to a determinatiun of the species, 



OR'TYX, (Gr. oprv^, ortux, a quail.) 



Feathers < 'f crown lengthened and erec- .<^T^:^^s^^s^^^^^^:^^'^^ ^.-.uraw™,- 



tile, Tiut hardly fcimiiug a true crest. ^■^^^^'^"^^-^^^ ■*^'^'^^ ^^ ^ '^~ "^ 



Tail about | as lung as the M'ing. -ts^^- .AS^y /fy \^ 



Outstretched feet reaching beyond eud „^^r ^f!^^ £j )) 



of tail. Coloration much variegated ; 



a reddish -brown varied with black 



and white the leading color. Eggs 



white, pyriform, numerous. Fie. 407. — Bill and foot of Ortyx, nat. size. (Ad nat. del. E. 0.) 



Analysis of Varieties. 

 Length of (f, 10 inches or rather more; extent 15 or more; wing 4.50 or more. Bill blackish-brown 



Gronnd color dull pinkish-red with narrow black bars below rirginiana 571 



Length of cT, scarcely 10 inches ; extent under 16 ; wing scarcely or not 4.50. Bill jet black. Ground 



color dark reddish, with much broader black bars below jtoridana 572 



Length etc. as in floriclaita. Ground color paler than in virginiana, with numerous black bars, and 



increase of ashy and tawny f^^^^^ 5^3 



Fig. 408. —Mr, and Mrs. Bob White, nat, size, (.i.l nat. del, E. C.) 

 571. O. Tirginia'na. (Of Virginia. Figs. 407, 408, 409.) Virginia Partridge, or " Quail " 

 Bob-white. " Quail : " New England, wherever the Raffed Grouse is called " partridge." 



