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17. Bob-white. — CoKnus virginianus. 



General color brown, marked with black ; throat and stripe over the 

 eye white ; top of head and neck dark brown ; back, rump, and upper 

 tail coverts brown ; breast and under parts white with black markings; 

 bill black ; legs and feet gray. Length, 9^^ in. ; wing, 4^ in. 



Female, — Similar ; throat and stripe over the eye buff, instead of 

 white. 



Hab. — Eastern United States and Southern Ontario, from South- 

 ern Maine to the South Atlantic and west to central South Dakota, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Eastern Texas. Of late years has 

 gradually extended its range westward along lines of railroad and settle- 

 ments ; also introduced at various points in Colorado, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, Utah, Idaho, California, Oregon, and Washington. Breeds 

 throughout its range. 



(a) Florida Bob-white (Colinus virginianus floridanus) . 



Pattern and markings the same as No. 17 ; somewhat darker and 

 smaller bird. 



Hab. — Florida. 



(J)) Texan Bob-white (Colinus virginianus iexanus). 



Pattern and markings the same as No. 17 ; smaller and more gray 

 in color. 



Hab. — Southern and Western Texas and Mexico. 



(c) Masked Bob-white (Colinus ridgwayt). 



Head black, mixed with chestnut on top, white line over eye ; throat 

 back instead of white ; same habits ; same whistle. Length, 8^ in. 

 //ij;5.— Southern Arizona to Sonora, Max. 



Note. — There are a number of other Bob-whites described by ornithologists 

 as more or less different from No. 17. These are found south of the Rio 

 Grande in Mexico and Central America. The differences are unimportant to 

 sportsmen. 



Mr. Rene Bache (quoted in Sportsman's Review^ May 23, 1903) claims that 

 the partridge Bob-white is easily tamed and that it breeds readily in captivity. 

 The matter is of the utmost importance to sportsmen who are interested in 

 game preserves. Mr. Bache 5ays ; " The birds may be kept in flocks at liberty 

 like any other domestic fowl, requiring only to be sheltered during the cold 

 months. Their natural increase is large, the species being remarkably prolific, 

 A few wild birds to start with are easily obtained, and if captured in the early 

 winter may be expected to lay in the following spring and again in the early 



