North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 | small Old World gallinaceous game birds |
North America and South America and Central America | a popular North American game bird; named for its call |
| valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada |
| heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds |
| flesh of either quail or grouse |