BOBWHITE IN MEXICO 67 
robe of the White Lady—lIztaccihuatl—shining over 
his shoulder. In front a sweeping plain descended for 
many miles, through a district of great sugar estates, 
to the far horizon, where it was walled in by the blue 
front of distant mountains. 
“Turning to one side, I approached some scrubby 
bushes which appeared to offer shelter for birds or 
other game. Suddenly the familiar accents of my 
mother tongue fell on my ear. I listened with bated 
breath. Again arose in clear, round tones, the calls so 
familiar in my boyhood days, bobwhite, bobwhite. 
With eager steps I hastened forward to a small group 
of acacias, and there, quietly perched on top of a bush, 
was an old friend, the author of the notes. It is diffi- 
cult to describe the mingled pleasure and exultation 
caused by this unexpected meeting. It proved to be the 
Puebla bobwhite (Colinus graysoni nigripectus, Nel- 
son), and during the following days a number of oth- 
ers were seen, and it became evident that my friend of 
the first morning was one of a colony located in the 
neighborhood. 
“Afterward, during my Mexican travels, I learned 
that the bobwhites are widely spread in that country, 
and although many of them have changed the color of 
their dress more or less, yet their customs and tricks 
of speech remain much the same as in their northern 
home. 
“Ata later date during this same season, while work- 
ing down the eastern slope of the Cordillera in Vera 
Cruz, near the city of Orizaba, we found others of the 
