222 [June, 1847. 



when in the neighbourhood of l Bosqaecito,' and again on the 

 9th of Dec., when hunting, about eight miles to the north of 

 1 Fray Cristobal.' 



These birds congregate in flocks or coveys of from 20 to 30 ; 

 when alarmed, they emit a chicking note, and run with such ra- 

 pidity, that it is difficult to get a second sight of a covey, that one 

 may have startled ; they seem to love the low sandy bottoms 

 where the wild sage grows ; as these bottoms are covered with 

 little knolls, which with the sage, serves to secure them from 

 their enemies. Although not hunted by the people, they are 

 shy. When forced to take wing, they make a whizzing sound 

 that startles one, scattering as they fly, so that when they alight, 

 they are at considerable intervals from each other, but they soon call 

 together, with the uttering of a single whistling note. I dissected 

 several, and found them to contain small green insects of the 

 Hemipterous order, also grass seed and the berries of the mistle- 

 toe, which in that country grows on nearly every cotton-wood 

 tree. The female bears so great a resemblance to the male, that 

 dissection alone can serve to determine the sex." 



The Publication Committee, to whom was referred Prof. 

 C. B. Adams' letter of May 22d, relative to a paper on the 

 Natural History of Jamaica, reported that they deem it at 

 present inexpedient to accept the proposal of Prof. Adams, in 

 regard to publishing the same in the first number of the new 

 series of the Journal of the Academy. The report was 

 adopted. 



The report of the Corresponding Secretary was read and 

 adopted. 



The following resolution was adopted. 



Resolved, That subscribers to the Journal of the Academy 

 be entitled to the Proceedings of the same, free of charge 

 during the period of their subscription. 



ELECTION. 



The following gentlemen were elected Correspondents of 

 the Academy : 



E. George Squire, Esq., of Chilicothe, Ohio, 

 Dr. Edwin H. Davis, do. do. 



James Carson Brevoort, Esq., of New York, 

 Major George A. McCall, U. S. A.. 



