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  BOB 
  WHITE 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  QUAILS 
  OF 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  tion,. 
  colonies 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  thrive 
  in 
  various 
  

   localities 
  in 
  Colorado, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Utah, 
  Idaho, 
  California, 
  Ore- 
  

   gon, 
  Washington, 
  and 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Jamaica. 
  South 
  of 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  

   the 
  typical 
  bird, 
  just 
  outlined, 
  bob 
  whites 
  have 
  a 
  wide 
  range, 
  occupy- 
  

   ing 
  Florida, 
  western 
  and 
  southern 
  Texas, 
  Cuba, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  

   Mexico, 
  and 
  extending 
  even 
  beyond 
  the 
  border 
  of 
  Guatemala. 
  Owing 
  

   chiefly 
  to 
  climatic 
  influences 
  the 
  southern 
  birds 
  differ 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   from 
  the 
  northern 
  ones. 
  The 
  masked 
  bobwhite 
  (Colinus 
  ridgwayi), 
  

   a 
  closely 
  related 
  but 
  separate 
  species, 
  once 
  lived 
  in 
  extreme 
  southern 
  

   Arizona 
  and 
  the 
  adjoining 
  part 
  of 
  Sonora, 
  but 
  now 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  

   extinct 
  within 
  our 
  borders. 
  With 
  this 
  exception 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  bobwhites 
  

   from 
  Canada 
  to 
  Guatemala 
  and 
  Cuba, 
  according 
  to 
  E. 
  W. 
  Nelson, 
  

   belong 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  modified 
  by 
  environment 
  into 
  a 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  number 
  of 
  forms, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  strikingly 
  different 
  from 
  

   the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  Florida 
  bobwhite, 
  which 
  is 
  

   peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  peninsula 
  of 
  Florida, 
  is 
  smaller 
  and 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  

   northern 
  bird. 
  The 
  Texas 
  bobwhite 
  of 
  western 
  Texas 
  and 
  north- 
  

   eastern 
  Mexico 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  size 
  as 
  the 
  northern 
  one, 
  but 
  is 
  paler 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  light 
  rufous 
  collar 
  below 
  the 
  black 
  band 
  and 
  bordering 
  the 
  

   white 
  throat 
  patch. 
  The 
  Salvin 
  bobwhite 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  border 
  

   of 
  Mexico 
  is 
  very 
  unlike 
  the 
  common 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  head, 
  neck, 
  and 
  breast 
  being 
  plain 
  black 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   underparts 
  plain 
  rufous. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  account 
  is 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  bobwhites 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  including 
  the 
  Texas 
  and 
  Florida 
  forms. 
  The 
  writer's 
  field 
  

   work 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  has 
  been 
  principally 
  in 
  Xew 
  Jersey, 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia, 
  and 
  Maryland 
  — 
  on 
  a 
  farm 
  at 
  Marshall 
  Hall, 
  Md., 
  which 
  is 
  

   directly 
  across 
  the 
  Potomac 
  from 
  Mount 
  Vernon. 
  

  

  CALL 
  NOTES. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  field 
  the 
  nuptial 
  call 
  note 
  of 
  the 
  cockbird 
  is 
  an 
  infallible 
  

   guide 
  to 
  its 
  identity. 
  This 
  familiar 
  challenge, 
  sounding 
  to 
  the 
  

   sportsman 
  like 
  ' 
  bob 
  white] 
  ' 
  bob-bob-icMte] 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  farmer 
  like 
  

   'more 
  wef 
  or 
  ' 
  no 
  more 
  wet] 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  the 
  only 
  note 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  during 
  the 
  breeding 
  season. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  good 
  fortune 
  of 
  the 
  

   writer 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  of 
  June, 
  1902, 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  nesting 
  note 
  

   and 
  other 
  calls. 
  Again 
  and 
  again 
  the 
  cock 
  left 
  his 
  distant 
  perch, 
  

   where 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  whistling 
  w 
  bob 
  white,' 
  and, 
  still 
  calling, 
  ap- 
  

   proached 
  the 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  sluggish 
  briery 
  run 
  between 
  

   open 
  fields. 
  When 
  within 
  50 
  yards 
  of 
  his 
  mate 
  he 
  uttered 
  the 
  rally 
  

   note, 
  so 
  thrilling 
  to 
  the 
  sportsman 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  ' 
  ka-loi-kee] 
  which 
  

   the 
  hen 
  often 
  answered 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  clear 
  whistle. 
  Then 
  followed 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  queer 
  responsive 
  ' 
  caterwaulings,' 
  more 
  unbirdlike 
  than 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  yellow-breasted 
  chat, 
  suggesting 
  now 
  the 
  call 
  of 
  a 
  cat 
  to 
  

  

  

  