Colinus or Ortyx Virginianus

Colinus or Ortyx Virginianus
Bobwhite Bob"white`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The common quail of North America ({Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus}); -- so called from its note. [1913 Webster]

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