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Published

1930

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5

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289

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Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus virginianus

DESCRIPTION

Since Frank Forrester wrote his charming sketches, BOBWHITE has been extolled more than any other Game Bird and the most laudatory adjectives are not undeserved for Bobwhite's personality is altogether admirable.

Here in Dutchess County the winters are too hard but sometimes a wandering covey survives and we hear that never-forgotten call from the orchard fence where blackberry wands bend above the gray rails.

After mating quarrels cease and birds are paired, family life takes on a quieter note until the eggs are transformed into active balls of unbelieveable energy. No Quail mother could survive if she had to feed all her youngsters! They forage for themselves almost from the start—and that is well for the parents.

Altho somewhat of a Lothario the father usually does his full share in looking after the family, sometimes assuming full charge when accident destroys the mother. Bobwhites are extremely fond of each other and families keep in close touch for many months, with frequent soft interrogating little calls. It is probable that the coveys found in a little circle where the Ice King's breath destroyed them, are all of one family.

They are so alluring in all ways that the hope they will be taken out of the Game Bird class is not without foundation. This fortunate consummation will occur when the fact that they are infinitely more valuable alive than dead is brot home to us.

Their food is almost entirely composed of injurious bugs, beetles and weed seeds. The lucky farmer who has a few Bobwhites in his potato patch will not be troubled with the potato bug.

Powerful leg muscles enable them to spring fully a yard into the air, and they have been known to swim some distance.

Their worst enemy is the common cat, especially those which have "gone wild." Bury all compassion when you meet one of these demons and then bury IT!

Their ability to hide in sparse cover is extraordinary and after a hard hunting season it is almost impossible to flush them. They have learned the air is dangerous when they see a dog's nose.

A little grain mixed with gravel often will save a flock after heavy snow storms—and they'll pay it all back many times over.

In many states they are being propagated successfully in enclosures and some day those Birds are going to be sent out as our allies, not as shotgun fodder.

BREEDING

Nest on ground under shrub or grass shelter; loosely built of dried grass, leaves and stems.

EGGS: 10 to 18. Pure white.

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RANGE

Eastern North America. West to South Dakota, south to Gulf Coast and northern Florida.

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bobwhite
bobwhite
Bobwhite
289
florida-bobwhite
Florida Bobwhite
289a
texas-bobwhite
Texas Bobwhite
289b
masked-bobwhite
Masked Bobwhite
291
mountain-quail
Mountain Quail
292
plume-quail-san-pedro-quail
Plume Quail, San Pedro Quail
292a-292b
scale-quail
Scale Quail
293
chestnutbelly-scale-quail
Chestnutbelly Scale Quail
293a
california-quail
California Quail
294
valley-quail
Valley Quail
294a
gambel-quail
Gambel Quail
295
mearns-quail
Mearns Quail
296
dusky-grouse
Dusky Grouse
297
richardson-grouse-sierra-grouse
Richardson Grouse, Sierra Grouse
297b-297c
hudsonian-spruce-grouse
Hudsonian Spruce Grouse
298
alaska-spruce-grouse
Alaska Spruce Grouse
298b
franklin-grouse
Franklin Grouse
299
ruffed-grouse
Ruffed Grouse
300
canada-ruffed-grouse-gray-ruffed-grouse
Canada Ruffed Grouse, Gray Ruffed Grouse
300a-300b
oregon-ruffed-grouse
Oregon Ruffed Grouse
300c
willow-ptarmigan
Willow Ptarmigan
301
allen-ptarmigan-alexander-ptarmigan
Allen Ptarmigan, Alexander Ptarmigan
301a-301b
rock-ptarmigan-reinhardt-ptarmigan-nelson-ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan, Reinhardt Ptarmigan, Nelson Ptarmigan
302-302a-302b
evermann-ptarmigan
Evermann Ptarmigan
302.1
turner-ptarmigan-townsend-ptarmigan
Turner Ptarmigan, Townsend Ptarmigan
302c-302d
adak-ptarmigan-dixon-ptarmigan
Adak Ptarmigan, Dixon Ptarmigan
302e-302f
welch-ptarmigan
Welch Ptarmigan
303
whitetail-ptarmigan
Whitetail Ptarmigan
304
prairie-chicken
Prairie Chicken
305
heath-hen
Heath Hen
306
lesser-prairie-chicken
Lesser Prairie Chicken
307
sharptail-grouse
Sharptail Grouse
308
columbian-sharptail-grouse-prairie-sharptail-grouse
Columbian Sharptail Grouse, Prairie Sharptail Grouse
308a-308b
sage-hen
Sage Hen
309
merriam-turkey-wild-turkey
Merriam Turkey, Wild Turkey
310-310a
florida-turkey-rio-grande-turkey
Florida Turkey, Rio Grande Turkey
310b-310c
chachadaca
Chachadaca
311
bandtail-pigeon
Bandtail Pigeon
312
viosca-pigeon
Viosca Pigeon
312a
redbill-pigeon
Redbill Pigeon
313
whitecrown-pigeon
Whitecrown Pigeon
314
passenger-pigeon
Passenger Pigeon
315
mourning-dove
Mourning Dove
316
zenaida-dove
Zenaida Dove
317
whitefront-dove
Whitefront Dove
318
whitewing-dove
Whitewing Dove
319
groud-dove
Ground Dove
320
mexican-ground-dove-bermuda-ground-dove
Mexican Ground Dove, Bermuda Ground Dove
320a-320b
inca-dove
Inca Dove
321
key-west-quail-dove
Key West Quail Dove
322
bluehead-quail-dove
Bluehead Quail Dove
323
california-vulture
California Vulture
324
turkey-vulture
Turkey Vulture
325
black-vulture
Black Vulture
326
swallowtail-kite
Swallowtail Kite
327
whitetail-kite
Whitetail Kite
328
mississippi-kite
Mississippi Kite
329
everglade-kite
Everglade Kite
330
marsh-hawk
Marsh Hawk
331
sharpshin-hawk
Sharpshin Hawk
332
cooper-hawk
Cooper Hawk
333
goshawk
Goshawk
334
western-goshawk
Western Goshawk
334a
harris-hawk
Harris Hawk
335
redtail-hawk
Redtail Hawk
337
krider-hawk-western-redtail-hawk
Krider Hawk, Western Redtail Hawk
337a-337b
harlan-hawk-alaska-redtail-hawk
Harlan Hawk, Alaska Redtail Hawk
337d-337e
redshoulder-hawk
Redshoulder Hawk
339
florida-redshoulder-hawk-redbelly-hawk
Florida Redshoulder Hawk, Redbelly Hawk
339a-339b
zonetail-hawk
Zonetail Hawk
340
sennett-whitetail-hawk
Sennett Whitetail Hawk
341
swainson-hawk
Swainson Hawk
342
broadwing-hawk
Broadwing Hawk
343
short-tail-hawk
Short-Tail Hawk
344
mexican-black-hawk
Mexican Black Hawk
345
mexican-goshawk
Mexican Goshawk
346
rufleg-hawk
Rufleg Hawk
347
ferruginous-rufleg-hawk
Ferruginous Rufleg Hawk
348

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