Bob White and Partridges 



289. Bob-white; 'Quai[;"Parfrldge' QCoUnus vir- 

 ginianus). L. lo. Ad. <^. Throat, forehead and line 

 over eye white. Ad. 9- Throat, forehead and line 

 over eye huff. Nnte.s Song, a ringing, whistled 

 Bob~v)Mte or huek-wkeat-rtpe; calls, a conversational 

 quit-quit and a whistled where-are-yoti and Vm here, 

 repeatedly uttered when the individuals of a flock are 

 separated. 



Ran g-e.— Eastern North America, resident from southern Dakota, 

 southern Minnesota, southern Ontario, southern Vermont, New 

 Hampshire and Maine, suutli Id Georgia and western Florida; west to 

 South Dal^ola, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. 

 "Introduced at various polnls in Culoiado, New Mcxltu, Ulali, Idaho, 

 -CalifOiriaatld Wf.5hlnglon." {A. O. U.) 



289a. Florida Bob-white (C. v. floridanus). Sim- 

 ilar to No. :?8q, but smaller, L. 8.5, and much darker; 

 black bars below more numerous. 



Range. — Horida; typical only in southern half of peninsula, 

 grading into No. 285 In northern and western parts of the state. 



289h. Texan Bob-white (C. v. Uxanus). Similar 

 to No, 289, but brown and buff areas paler; black bars 

 below wider. 



Range. — Tesas, exrepl western part, rarely to western Kansas, 

 south to Nuevo Leon und Tamaullpas, Mexirn. 



291. Masked Bob-white {Colinu^ ridgwayi). L. 9. 

 j4d. ;-?. Throat black; breast and belly reddish brown. 

 Ad. v. Resembles 9 of No. 289b. Notes. Song, Soft- 

 ^hite; call, when the birds are scattered, hoo-we. 

 (H. Brown.) 



Range. — Northern Sonora, Mexico, north to Pima County, AHiona. 



296. Mearns Partridge (Cyrtonyx montepimm 

 wearnsi'). L. 9. Ad. ^. Sides with numTous, 

 large. Crowded white Spots. Ad. $. Pinkish brown, 

 .above sfr^ii^^ii with huffy and marked with chestnut 

 .and black, below with a few broken black bars. Notes. 

 A low, murmuring whine; . a clear dsiup-ckiur, when 

 alarmed, chuk-chuk-ckuk. CBendire. ) 



Ranee.— Northern Mexico, western Texas, southern New Mexico 

 and southern Arizona. 



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