* 989, Bob-white; ‘Quail;’ ‘Partridge’ (Colinus vir- 
gintanus). L.10. Ad. 3. Throat, forehead and line 
over eye white. Ad. 9. Throat, forehead and line 
over eye buff. Notes. Song, a ringing, whistled 
Bob-white or buck-wheat-ripe, calls, a conversational 
quit-quit and a whistled whére-are-you and I’m here, 
repeatedly uttered when the individuals of a flock are 
separated. 
Range.—Eastern North America, resident from southern Dakota, 
southern Minnesota, southern Ontario, southern Vermont, New 
Hampshire and Maine, south to Georgia and western Florida; west to 
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. 
*‘Introduced at various points in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, 
California and Washington.”’ (A. O. U.) 
289a. Florida Bob-white (C. 0. floridanus). Sim- 
ilar to No. 289, but smaller, L. 8.5, and much darker; 
black bars below more numerous. 
Range.—Florida; typical only in Southern half of peninsula, 
gtading into No. 289 in northern and western parts of the state. 
289b. Texan Bob-white (C. 0. texanus). Similar 
to No. 289, but brown and buff areas paler; black bars 
below wider. 
Range.—Texas, except_western part, rarely to western Kansas, 
south to Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexico. 
291. Masked Bob-white (Colinus ridgwayt). L. 9. 
Ad. 3. Throat black; breast and belly reddish brown. 
Ad. 8. Resembles 9 of No.289b. Notes. Song, Bob- 
white; call, when the birds are scattered, hoo-we. 
(H. Brown.) 
Range.—Northern Sonora, Mexico, north to Pima County, Arizona. 
296. Mearns Partridge (Cyrtonyx montegume 
mearnsi). L. 9. Ad. 3. Sides with numerous, 
large, crowded white spots. Ad. 9.  Pinkish brown, 
above streaked with buffy and marked with chestnut 
and black, below with a few broken black bars. Notes. 
A low, murmuring whine; a clear dsiup-chiur; when 
alarmed, chuk-chuk-chuk. (Bendire. ) 
Range.—Northern Mexico, western Texas, southern New Mexico 
and southern Arizona. 
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Bob-whites and Partridges. 
