bobwhite 的定义
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.”
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- 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.