Nest—Of grass and moss, lined with grass and fine feathers; on the ground, concealed by the drooping branches of evergreens.
Eggs—Four or five, pale bluish green, speckled, spotted, and blotched with reddish-brown, or uniform chocolate brown.
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BOB WHITE.—Colinus virginianus.
Range—Eastern United States; west to the Dakotas, Kansas, Indian Territory and eastern Texas; north to southern Maine and Southern Canada; south to the Atlantic and Gulf States.
Nest—On the ground, of grasses, straws, leaves, or weeds.
Eggs—Fifteen to twenty-five, often only twelve, but usually about eighteen, of pure white.
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