. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . ly prevail. Themother throws herself in the path, fluttering along and beating the ground 1 Perdue Virginiana, Lath. 608 AVES—AMERICAN QUAIL. with her wings, as if sorely wounded; using every artifice she is mistressof, to entice the passenger in pursuit of herself, uttering at the same timepeculiar notes of alarm well understood by the young, who dive separatelyamong the grass, and secrete themselves till the danger is over; and theparent, having decoyed the pu
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . ly prevail. Themother throws herself in the path, fluttering along and beating the ground 1 Perdue Virginiana, Lath. 608 AVES—AMERICAN QUAIL. with her wings, as if sorely wounded; using every artifice she is mistressof, to entice the passenger in pursuit of herself, uttering at the same timepeculiar notes of alarm well understood by the young, who dive separatelyamong the grass, and secrete themselves till the danger is over; and theparent, having decoyed the pursuer to a safe distance, returns by a circuitousroute to collect and lead them off. In the fall, the quails associate in flocks or coveys, of four or five andthirty. At this time the notes of the male are frequent, loud, and common call consists of two notes, and is similar to the sound producedoy pronouncing the words Bob White. This call may be imitated bywhistling, so as to deceive the bird itself, and bring it near. While utteringthis, the bird is usually perched on the rail of a fence or on a low limb of an. apple tree, where he will sometimes sit, repeating, at short intervals, BobWhite, for half an hour at a time. The food of the partridge consists of grain, seeds, insects, and berries ofvarious kinds. Buckwheat and Indian corn are particular favorites. Theyroost at nigm in the middle of a field on high ground. They fly with aloud whizzing sound, occasioned by the shortness, concavity, and rapid mo-tion of their wings, and the comparative weight of their bodies. The fleshis peculiarly white, tender, and delicate. The quail is nine inches long. It is of a red brown color, sprinkled withblack. The under parts are white, spotted with black, and the sides of theneck spotted with white. SCREAMER. 609 THE CALIFORNIAN QUAIL.
Size: 1486px × 1681px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookidnaturalistsl, bookyear1851
