bobwhite

/bob-hwahyt, -wahyt/US // ˈbɒbˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt //UK // (ˈbɒbˌwaɪt) //

鲍勃白,波白

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural bob·whites, bob·white.
- : any of several true quails of the genus Colinus, family Odontophoridae, including C. virginianus, distributed through much of the Americas, having mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage: the bobwhite gets its name from its whistling call, which sweeps upward in pitch as an easily discernible “bob-white.”

In many respects it resembles the bobwhite in color, though far more fancifully marked.
Unlike the bobwhite or the Montezuma quail of Mexico, the valley quail bunches in the fall.
I may add that both the gambel and a species of the Collinus, bobwhite, are found in this same section.
Female—The female, with the exception of the white dots on the breast and flanks is much the color of the female bobwhite.
The bobwhite roosts on the ground and always remains in single broods.