. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. BOB-WHITES AND QUAILS II forehead black with small sUcaks ol white changing to brown crest; a black throat patch; a black streak on cheeks and one of the same color over eye con- tinuous with another from gape along lower side of head, meeting that of the throat and enclosing a broad oval white space; remainder of head and broad space below throat patch, white; below the white area is another narrower streak of black extending from nape across front of chest; wi»i(/j, marltcd wilh round black spots, the primaries, browner and spotted with white or b
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. BOB-WHITES AND QUAILS II forehead black with small sUcaks ol white changing to brown crest; a black throat patch; a black streak on cheeks and one of the same color over eye con- tinuous with another from gape along lower side of head, meeting that of the throat and enclosing a broad oval white space; remainder of head and broad space below throat patch, white; below the white area is another narrower streak of black extending from nape across front of chest; wi»i(/j, marltcd wilh round black spots, the primaries, browner and spotted with white or bufT ; sides of neck, sides and flanks, ashy with large round white spots; middle line of breast and abdomen, rich dark chestnut; under tail-coverts, velvet-black; bill, blackish; feet, bluish-gray; iris, deep brown. AuLLT Female: Mead without stripes, mostly a warm grayish-cinnamon; upper parts variegated and finely barred with black, tawny, and dull lavender, the feathers with broad white shaft streaks; general color beneath, pale lavender-brown; chin whitish; neck, bluish-ash, freckled and bordered with black; breast and sides with blackish shaft streaks. Nest and Eggs.— Nest: On ground; rather well made for a bird of this genus, entrance sometimes con- cealed and partially arched over. Egos: 8 to 12, white. Distribution.— Arid regions from central Arizona and central New east to central Texas, and south to the mountains of northern Coahuila, and Chihuahua, and eastern Sonora. Mearns's Quail is an interesting bird. It is about the size of the Bob-white, but it is unmis- takable on account of its ])ecuhar Miarkin,ti;s. The head is black and brnwn. with white. The U]i])cr parts are brown barred with black, the sides of the Ijreast and flanks are ahnost black and dotted with white, which causes the bird to look something like a dark little Guinea 1 fen. They are nowhere common, and, possibly, now are extinct in the United States, excepting the birds purchase
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