Definition of Colinus virginianus

1. Noun. A favorite game bird of eastern and central United States.

Exact synonyms: Northern Bobwhite
Generic synonyms: Bobwhite, Bobwhite Quail, Partridge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colinus Virginianus

Coleonyx
Coleridegy
Coleridge
Coleridgean
Coleridgian
Coles
Colette
Coleus amboinicus
Coleus aromaticus
Coleus blumei
Colima
Colin
Colin Powell
Colin Tampon
Colin luther Powell
Colinus virginianus (current term)
Coll
Collard
Collatz conjecture
Colle
Collective Security Treaty Organisation
Colleen
College of Cardinals
Collembola
Collen
Colles fracture
Collet

Literary usage of Colinus virginianus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1898)
"Colinus virginianus in Peculiar Plumage. — A Bobwhite recently killed in the vicinity of Washington, and now in the possession of Mr. Blair Lee of this city ..."

2. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Colinus virginianus virginianus. Range.—United States east of North Dakota ... Colinus virginianus floridanus. Range.—This sub-species, which is found in ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"... Colorado reveals characteristic differences, warranting their separation as a distinct subspecies, which may be known as follows : * Colinus virginianus ..."

4. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1889)
"Colinus virginianus floridanus (COUES.) [4800.] Hab. ... 289A Colinus virginianus texanus (LAWR.) [480^.] Texan Bob-white. Hab. Texas and Northern Mexico, ..."

5. American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell (1910)
"Colinus virginianus, Colinus virginianus floridanus, Colinus virginianus texanus. Of all these forms, by far the best known is the bob- white—the partridge ..."

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