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Bobwhite heard it and was pleased. He redoubled his calls of bob-white, bob-white,
山齒鶉聽(tīng)到了很高興，他再次歌唱著布谷，布谷，
and listened regularly for the musical white, white, white that came in return from a lady quail down in the thicket.
音樂(lè)版的哇，哇，哇會(huì)時(shí)長(zhǎng)聽(tīng)到，叫聲是下面灌木叢里雌鶉發(fā)出來(lái)的。
When this calling and answering had gone on for some time, Bobwhite flew away,
叫聲的相互回應(yīng)持續(xù)了一段時(shí)間，這時(shí)山齒鶉飛走了，
and his wings made such a whirring sound and struck so fast that this fact alone showed him to be a member of the partridge family.
它的翅膀發(fā)出了如同呼呼的聲音，煽動(dòng)翅膀的頻率快，僅憑這一點(diǎn)就能證明它是山鶉家族一員。
He is the smallest of all the partridges, and is known in parts of the South as the Virginia partridge.
它是所有山鶉中體型最小的，人們知道南方部分地區(qū)有弗吉尼亞山鶉。
Mrs. Bobwhite and Her Brood
山齒鶉女士和她的孩子們
At first Bobwhite could not locate the shy little lady quail who had been calling to him from the thicket;
起先，山齒鶉無(wú)法找到害羞女士的確切位置，她一直在灌木叢召喚他；
but he finally discovered her picking away for dear life at weed seed,
最后他終于找到了，她正在慌忙地摘雜草種子，
just as though breakfast was much more to her taste than love-making.
好似早餐比談情說(shuō)愛(ài)更對(duì)她的胃口。
For a long time she would take no notice of him, but he strutted up and down so long that she finally looked up.
很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間她都沒(méi)有注意到他，公山齒鶉前后踱步了很久，終于雌山齒鶉抬頭看了看。
Little by little, bobwhite gained her goodwill, until at last she would let him help her scratch for weed seeds.
一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)，她對(duì)他起了好感，她最終允許公山齒鶉幫她尋找雜草種子。
They spent a very pleasant forenoon together, and the thing was as good as settled.
它們度過(guò)了愉快的上午，這件事情解決了。
About ten days later Mr. and Mrs. bobwhite selected a place for their nest.
大約十天后，山齒鶉先生和夫人為它們的巢穴選擇了一處地方。
It was under the edge of an old fallen log, well screened from view and sheltered from the rain.
地點(diǎn)在掉落的老舊原木的邊緣下面，很隱蔽，而且可以遮雨。
Each day for more than two weeks Mrs. bobwhite laid an egg in the nest, until the number was sixteen.
兩個(gè)多星期以來(lái)，山齒鶉女士每天都會(huì)在巢穴中下蛋，直到達(dá)到16個(gè)。
