Bobwhite

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bobwhite
    n 1: a popular North American game bird; named for its call
         [syn: {bobwhite}, {bobwhite quail}, {partridge}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bobwhite \Bob"white`\, n. (Zool.)
   The common quail of North America ({Colinus, or Ortyx,
   Virginianus}); -- so called from its note.
   [1913 Webster]