Order GALLING. 
BOB-WHITE—Family Odontophoridse. 
289. Colinus virginianus. 10 inches. 
This is one of the most celebrated of the “Game Birds ” 
or best known. Throughout New England it has been so 
persistently hunted that it is getting to be a rare bird; it 
gets to be more common as we go south as far as Florida 
and through the middle west. It has been introduced in many 
places on the Pacific coast, and now is fairly abundant in parts 
of California, Oregon and Washington. They feed largely 
upon insects and grain, and about the grain fields is where they 
are mostly found. 
Nest.- These are built along the roadsides or beside stone 
walls or any dry locality affording good shelter. It is con¬ 
cealed in the tall grass or weeds, and arched over with grass. 
They lay from ten to twenty pure white eggs. Often two 
broods are reared in a season (1.20 x.95). 
MASKED BOB-WHITE. 
291. Colinus ridgwayi. 10 inches. 
This handsome species is marked similar to the “Bob-white” 
on the upper parts, but has a black throat, and the rest of the 
under parts are of a reddish brown. 
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