BOBOLINK

See Reeppiep. BOB-WHITE (Colinus virginia nus), or Colin, a native American game-bird inaccurately styled ‘‘quail’’ in the North and West, and ‘‘partridge’’ in the South. Its upper plumage is reddish-brown, flecked with black and white. Its under-parts are white or buff with black markings. The average market weight is about five pounds to the dozen, but some specimens are considerably larger. The California, or Tufted, or Valley, ‘‘quail,’’ or ‘‘partridge,’’ is smaller than the bob-white and of a general blue-grey color. Other similar birds are the Mountain ‘‘quail,’’ or ‘‘partridge,’’ of California, and the Ma ena ‘‘quail,’’ or ‘‘partridge,’’ of the southwestern states and Mexico. The true Quai (which see) is a European bird, also smaller than, and generally inferior to, the bob-white.