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BOB-WHITE QUAIL
Colinus virginianus
Here is a bird beloved by sportsmen, bird watchers, farmers, artists and musisians and probably disliked by no one. It has been coddled, persecuted, neglected, studied, protected^by law and by
helped and hindered. It has vanished from much of its original range, increased in numbers in some areas, established itself and been introdced inothers. It stays by its home territory the year round and survives fire, heat, storm, flood, snow and ice. It needs to be better understood and the National Wildlife Federation in part thru this sort of article hopes to help toward that end.
The bob-white quail is about 11 inches long with a wing-spread of about the same amount. It may weigh up to 9 ounces but commonly has about a 6-ounce weight. It has a short tail, a generally mottled brown appearance with light underparts and rather conspicuously contrasting light and dark areas on the head and throat. Where the male is black on the head the hen is brown. \ '
The range of four subspedfes covers most of the United States, these subspecies including the Fla.-; the Key West, the Texas and the Eastern. Its enemies are man, foxes, birds of prey and disease but its greatest numbers may be reached in areas where its enemies are abundant if ample cover is available for the needed protection. Under intelligent management itself with suitable harvestable surpluses. Its value as a destroyer of insects and weed seeds, as an inspiring songster and as a friendly
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