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4 FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS.

HEN=L1KE BIRDS,—

Gailinae.

— Hard, bent but not pointed. Feet. — Hind toe small and vated. Wings. — Short. Food. — Seeds, buds, and

Bill,

short,

stout,

ele-

insects.

These birds build their nests and live mostl}^ on the ground, and stay the year around in the same district.

QUAIL, BOB-WHITE.

CoUnus virginiamis, Chestnut and black above underparts white, with black and chestnut markings. Female and young similar in color, the dark parts bemg faded and the white parts huffish or grayish. Quails spend the summer in fields, meadows, or on the borders of woodlands, and in winter retire During the breeding to thick woods or swamps. season each pair of birds stays by itself, but later they At flock together in from one to several families. 1.

— Length, 10

inches.