74fi J{kpok'J' of S'J'A'j'io Gkolouist. 



H. Or])KR galling. Gallixackous Bik])s. 



Suborder PH ASIANI. Pheasants, Grouse, Partriuges, Quails. 



XXII. Family TETRAONID^. Grouse, Pheasants, Etc. 



a^. Wing under 6.00; tarsus bare; sides of toes without comb-like projections. 

 Subfamily Peedicinje. 

 b^. Head not crested. CtoLiNUs. 62 



a^. Wing over 6.00 ; upper half or more of tarsus feathered ; toes in winter with a 

 fringe of horny points. Subfamily TETRAONnsr^. 



c^. Tarsus feathered about half way to toes. Bonasa. 63 



c^. Tarsus feathered to toes. 



d'. Toes feathered; plumage in winter white. Lagopus. 



d'^. Toes not feathered. 



e^ Neck with tuft of elongated, stiff feathers on each side; tarsus naked 

 behind. TYMPAXicnrs. 64 



e''. Neck without peculiar feathers. 

 fK Tail rounded. DENDKAGAPrt:. 



f. Tail pointed; middle feather projecting beyond the others. 



Pediocete-s. 



Sl'BFAMILY PERDICIN.E. PvBTRIDdES. 



62. Rknus COLINi;S Lksson. 



*120. (289). Colinus virginianus (Linn.). 



Botowhite. 



Synonyms, Qxail, Partridge. 



Male. — Coronal feathers, erectile, but not forming a true crest; fore- 

 head, superciliary line and throat, white, bordered with black; crown, 

 neck all round and upper part of breast, brownish-red; other under 

 parts, tawny-whitish, all with more or fewer doubly crescentic black 

 bars; sides, broadly streaked with brownish-red; upper parts, varie- 

 gated with chestnut, blacky gray and tawny, the latter edging the 

 inner quills. Female. — Known by having the throat buff instead of 

 white, less black about the fore parts, and general colors less intense; 

 rather smaller than the male. 



Length, 9.50-10.75; wing, 4.30-4.70; tail, 2.40--.'. ilO. 



Range. — ^Eastern Ignited States and southern Ontarid, west to east- 

 ern Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory and eastern Texas; 

 south to Georgia, Alabama and other Gulf States. 



Nest, on ground. Egg,s, 10-18; white; 1.19 by .94. 



Resident; generally common. Breeds. The Bobwhite is geiierallv 

 known in Indiana as the "Quail." To some it is the "Partridge." 



