BOBWHITE IN MEXICO 73 
lands, where the tropical forest is interrupted by grassy 
prairies of considerable extent. In visiting these prai- 
ries we were surprised and delighted to find another 
of the bobwhites that had not been previously known 
even to those most familiar with the ramifications of 
this good old stock (Colinus godmani, Nelson. Aft- 
erward we found them a few miles out of Coatzacoal- 
cos, and they were also seen a little farther north, in 
the open country about the shores of beautiful Lake 
Catemaco. This latter point is probably near their 
limit in that direction. 
“The distribution of the Mexican bobwhites is curi- 
ous, and shows that the family has been long in the 
land. They range over parts of the cool tableland, and 
extend down to the tropical lowlands of both coasts, 
but are unaccountably absent from many apparently 
suitable places. 
“Many changes have taken place in their garb owing 
to the influences and requirements peculiar to such va- 
ried situations, but the general style is retained, so that 
their relationship cannot be mistaken. 
“A representative of this group lives in Yucatan, 
which, it is said by some, belongs to the family proper ; 
but if this is so, there must be a bar sinister on its 
escutcheon to account for some of its peculiarities. 
“At present eleven branches of bobwhites are known 
to live in various parts of Mexico, and our work has 
enabled us to introduce four of them to the friends of 
the family. Wherever they were encountered over 
this great area it was interesting to observe how closely 
