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bobwhite

noun

Any one of four species of quail in the genus Colinus, of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas.

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In the first two years of President Coolidge's administration a number of duties were raised, but only two reduced namely, on the vital items of bran and live bobwhite quail.

Animal life is plentiful and includes white-tailed deer, black bear, rabbits, bobwhite quail, and wild turkey.

Males of some New World quail, including the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae), the bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), and other members of the genus Colinus, incubate for short periods.

Though the best songsters may be true songbirds, some birds of other groups have pleasing or musical utterances, like the quavering trill of the screech owl and the cheery whistle of the bobwhite quail.

Her thesis, which was not completed until 1915, considered the eating habits of the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).

Some mating displays evolve from food-giving behaviours; the male bobwhite quail gives a food call and offers a tidbit to his potential mate.

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Waterbirds include gulls, scoters, cormorants, and loons; those most often seen on land are kingfishers, warblers, bobwhites, brown thrashers, sparrow hawks, yellow-shafted flickers, and whippoorwills.

Last month, after a limb fell from an elm tree near the Central Park Zoo, critically injuring a woman and killing her infant daughter, citizens… Last month, the National Audubon Society issued a paper documenting a decline in the populations of many common American birds, including bobwhites, whip-poor-wills, grackles, and….

Last month, the National Audubon Society issued a paper documenting a decline in the populations of many common American birds, including bobwhites, whip-poor-wills, grackles, and grosbeaks.

In many parts of their range — from New England to the Dakotas to Texas — bobwhites have disappeared and the sport of quail hunting has fallen on hard times.

It's still a challenge, but nothing compared to what we face now with bobwhites".

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