. . ey are distinguished from the Grouse by the smallsize, lack of feathers on the tarsi or toes, and by the nakedscale which covers the nostrils. There is much variation inplumage among the different species, which are well representedin the southwestern United States and in subtropical Bob-whites occupy the temperate and tropical regionsof America and are not found elsewhere. There is but onespecies in eastern North America, with a subspecies in Floridawhich is much smaller than the northern bird and somewhatdarker. The
. . ey are distinguished from the Grouse by the smallsize, lack of feathers on the tarsi or toes, and by the nakedscale which covers the nostrils. There is much variation inplumage among the different species, which are well representedin the southwestern United States and in subtropical Bob-whites occupy the temperate and tropical regionsof America and are not found elsewhere. There is but onespecies in eastern North America, with a subspecies in Floridawhich is much smaller than the northern bird and somewhatdarker. The species ranges over the greater part of theeastern United States, mainly in open country, and is one of themost prized of all American game birds. The elegant, plumedand crested Quails or Partridges belong mainly to the mountainregions of the west and the Pacific slope. Some species havebeen introduced in the east but have not become acclimated. 368 GAME BIRDS. WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. BOB-WHITE (Colinus virginianus virginianus).Common or local name: Length. — About 10 inches. Adult Male. — Upper parts mainly reddish brown, with dark streaks andlight edgings; forehead and broad line over eye white, bordered withblack; throat patch white, bordered with black; tail short, gray; crown,upper breast and neck all round brownish red; breast and belly whitish,narrowly barred and marked with crescent-shaped, irregular blackmarks; flanks reddish brown. Adult Female. — Similar, but duller, with very little black on head, and thewhite mainly replaced by buff. Young. — Resemble female. Notes. — A ringing, whistled Bob-white or buck-wheat-ripe; a conversationalquit-quit and a whistled call and reply, repeatedly uttered when theindividuals of a flock are separated; also many low conversationalclucks and twitterings. Nest. — On ground, among bushes, grass or grain. Eggs. — Eight to eighteen or more, averaging by .95, white, oftenstained with brown. Season. — Res
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