TETHAONIDjE -ODONTOFHORIN^: PAMTIUDGES OH QUAIL. 589 
forty-odd species are known. In habits, they agree more or less completely with the well 
known Bob-white. Our species are apparently monogamous, and go in small flocks, called 
coveys," usually consisting of the members of one family; they are terrestrial, but take to the 
trees on occasion ; nest on the ground, laying numerous white or speckled eggs ; are chiefly 
granivorous, but also feed on buds, soft fruits, and insects ; and are non-migratory. 
Analysis of Genera. 
An inconspicuous crest, scarcely visible except in life. Tail about % as long as the wing. Coloration 
everywhere variegated. (One species) Ortyx 210 
A short, soft, full crest. Tail | the wing. Coloration much the same all over, showing curious semi- 
circular markings. (One species) CalUpepla 213 
A long, slender, arrowy crest, two or three inches long, of two narrowly linear feathers. Tail f as long as 
the wing. Parti-colored, but the coloration chiefly in masses. (One species) ....... Orortyx 211 
A long, recurved, liehnet-like crest, of several imbricated i)]umes, enlarged at the extremity. Tail 5 as 
long as the wing. Coloration chiefly in masses. (Two species) - Lophortyx 212 
A short, soft, full crest. Tail scarcely ^ as long as the wing. Coloration peculiar, in round, white spots 
on the under parts of the J". (One species) CyrUmyx 214 
As all these genera have each but a single species in this country, excepting Lophortyx, the foregoing is 
nearly equivalent to a determinatiuu of the species. 
OR'TYX. (Gr. opru^, ortux, a quail.) 
Feathers of crown lengthened and erec- 
tile, but hardly forming a true crest. 
Tail about f as long as the wing. ^/mSF /// V 
Outstretched feet reaching beyond end ^J^F^ X}^^ «J )) 
of tail. Coloration much variegated ; 
a reddish -brown varied witli black ^ 
and white the leading color. Eggs 
white, pyriform, numerous. Fig. 407. — Bill and foot of Ortyx, nat. size. (Ad nat. del. E. C.) 
Analysis of Varieties. 
Length of cf, 10 inches or rather more; extent 15 or more; wing 4.50 or more. Bill blackish-brown. 
Ground color dull pinkish-red with narrow black bars below virginiana 571 
Length of cT, scarcely 10 inches ; extent under 15 ; wing scarcely or not 4.50. Bill jet black. Ground 
color dark reddish, with much broader black bars below floridana 572 
Length etc. as in floridana. Ground color paler than in virginiana, with numerous black bars, and 
increase of ashy and tawny iexana 573 
Fig. 408. — Mr. and Mrs. Bob White, nat. size. (Ad nat. del. E. C.) 
O. virginia'na. (Of Virginia. Figs. 407, 408, 409.) Virginia Partridge, or Quail." 
Bob-white. Quail : " New England, wherever the Ruff'ed Grouse is called partridge." 
