HAMS- Bob -white or Quail ^ A.O.U.NO.- 289 



( Colinus virginianus) 

 DATE- July 4, 1933 



jrb.- 14 : ;^^ r ' ■ ' ' I ' J'^lp^y ^|l|||fS^ 



INCUBATIOH- i 



SIZES- 1.24 x .97 1.20 x .96 



1.25 x .96 1.24 x .96 

 1.21 x .94 1.24 x .86 

 1.21 x .96 1.21 x .95 



1.26 x .95 1.23 x .95 

 1.25 x .96 1.24 x T98 

 1.24 x .97 1.22 x .96 



SITUATION- The nest of this species was locat- 

 ed in a blackberry patch on. a hillside near an 

 apple orchard. The female was flushed from the 

 nest whan I was within a few feet. The nest 

 was well concealed since it was arched over and 

 was composed of the same grass in which it was 

 placed-also , it was situated in a clump,, of 

 grass in the thickest part of the blackberry 

 patch. 



Gibson 1 s Farm - four miles from 

 Big Stone Gap, V* 



** Although the A.O.U. Checklist of 1983 is 

 very definite inrefering to C. virginianus 

 as "Northern Bobwhite" I feel very strongly 

 that this set of eggs in 1933 most surely 

 belong to the smaller species (or super- 

 species) Common Bobwhite - also kno^fi 

 throughout the South as "Southern Quail" 



