TETBAONID^ -ODONTOPHOBIN^: PAMTBJBGES OB, QUAIL. 589 



210. 



forty-odd species are known. In habits, they agree more or less completely with the weU 

 known Bob-white. Our species are apparently monogamous, and go in small flocks, called 

 " coveys," usually consisting of the members of one family; they are terrestrial, but take to the 

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

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



Analysis of Genera. 

 An inconspicuous crest, scarcely visible except in life. Tail about % as long as the 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 species} Callipepla 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) Orartyx 211 



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



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



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



on the under parts of the J. (One species) Cyrttmyx 214 



As all these genera have each but a single species in this country, excepting iopAori^iC, the for •--'- 

 nearly equivalent to a determination of the species, 



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



Feathers of crown lengthened and ereo- .jiumiiwv\J-_^- 



tUe, but hardly forming a true crest. 



Tail about | as long as the wing. jma^^ jeia/mp j^ .\ 



Outstretched feet reaching beyond end j^Sr ^t^aSr Mi 'J 



of tail. Coloration much variegated ; 



a reddish-brown varied with black 



and white the leading color. Eggs 



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



Analysis oj* Varieties. 

 Length of ^, 10 inches or rather more; eifent 15 or more; wing 4.50 or more. Bill blackish-brown. 



I Ground color dull pinkish-red with narrow black bars below virginiama 571 



Length of (?, scarcely 10 inches ; extent under 15 ; wing scarcely or not 4.50. Bill jet black. Ground 



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



Length etc. as in fhridana. Ground color paler than in virginiama, with numerous black bars, and 

 i increase of ashy and tawny . texana 573 



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



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

 Bob- WHITE. " Quail : " New England, wherever the Euffed Grouse is called " partridge." 



