Annual report . ^ are covered. Photo by L. S. HortonBobwhites nest and egfjs BIRDS OF NEW YORK 363 with chestnut and buff down and are ver}^ expert in lying concealed amongthe grass and leaves at a warning note from their mother. A second broodof young is sometimes reared but this is certainly not the rule in our the nesting season they gather in coveys of 12 to 30 birds and remainin company till the following spring. The}? roost upon the ground, gatheredin a small circle, each one facing outward, and, if disturbed, each one springsupward and outward with a startling whirr, all
Annual report . ^ are covered. Photo by L. S. HortonBobwhites nest and egfjs BIRDS OF NEW YORK 363 with chestnut and buff down and are ver}^ expert in lying concealed amongthe grass and leaves at a warning note from their mother. A second broodof young is sometimes reared but this is certainly not the rule in our the nesting season they gather in coveys of 12 to 30 birds and remainin company till the following spring. The}? roost upon the ground, gatheredin a small circle, each one facing outward, and, if disturbed, each one springsupward and outward with a startling whirr, all going in different directions,so that the enemy, whether it be cat or fox or owl or man, is so dis-concerted that their escape is assured. After a covey has been flushedthey usually alight again within 20 or 30 rods, and its scattered membersbegin to call to each other, especially if it be late in the afternoon, in asoftly whistled quoi-ree, quoi-ree, tmtil the family is reunited. I haveoften followed the history of a covey of
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