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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
FAM. PERDICIDAL 
PARTRIDGES. 
ORTYX VI R GINIA NUS. (Linn.) 
Partridge. 
Local Name . — Quail. 
Winter Plumage , Male . — Above, rich brownish red, mottled 
with black; crown, black, shading into brown at the base of the 
skull, and mottled with black and white on the nape ; a white super- 
ciliary line passing from nostril to nape; throat, white, bordered 
broadly w 7 ith black ; upper breast and sides, reddish brown, shading 
into white on the belly, the feathers thickly banded with black ; 
crissum, reddish brown ; tertials and some of the wing-coverts edged 
with yellowish white ; bill, entirely black. 
Winter Plumage , Female. — Resembles the male ; the white of 
the head and throat replaced by tawny, without black edging. 
Length 8.50, wing 4.50, tail 2.50, tarsus 1, bill .52. 
The Quail of the Bahamas differs somewhat from the true O. 
virginianus, but not sufficiently, in my opinion, to characterize 
it as a variety. The differences do not seem to be greater than 
