No.i.\ COUES'S ORXITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY PERDICID^. 829 



1875. •' Waiikonza." Dearth of (^iiail [Ort.yx virgiuitiua]. <^JHi. ^'ijwrtumau, v, 



Mar. 20, 187.''), p. 391. 



187(3. "Alpha." The Quail [Ortyx virginiaua] Question. <^ Eod and Gun, viii, Ai>r. 

 -20, 1876, 1). 67. 

 Scent concealed by crouc-bing bird. 



1876. Anon. Migratory Quail [importation of Cotumix communis into the United 



States]. <] Forest and Stream, vi, Mar. 30, 1876, p. 115. 



1876. Anon. The Migration of the quail [Cotumix communis, at Malta]. <^Eodand 

 liun, viii, July 8, 1876, p. 231. 

 Quoted from London "Times." 



1376. Anon. [Hallock, C] [Success in] Taming quail [Ortyx virginiaua]. <^For- 



est and Stream, vii, Oct. 5, 1876, p. 137. 

 1876. . Quail [Ortyx virginiaua], etc. <^ Rod and Gun, viii, Apr. 15, 1876, 



p. 34. 



Several letters upon the question of thoir withholding scent. 



1876. "Arkansas." Quail [Ortyx virginiana, migratory or not ?] '^ Rod and Gun, 

 vii, Feb. 12, 1876, p. 307. 



1876. Brewster, W. Can quail [Ortyx virginiana] withhold their scent? <^Rod 

 and Gun, vii, Feb. 26, 1876, p. 344. 



Considers this power possessed by certain individual birds — not necessarily by all of cer- 

 tain bevies. 



1376. " C. F. W. B." Do Quail [Ortyx virginiana, withhold scent ?], etc. < Rod and 

 Gun, viii. May 13, 1876, p. 99. 

 Views of German sportsmen. 



1376. "Corduroy", and Others. Can Quail [Ortyx virginiana] Withhold Their 

 Scent? <iRod and Gun, vii, Mar. 25, 1876, p. 402. 



" CoKDUROY " denies the power, and thinks concealment and the state of the weather fur 

 nish an explanation. Blunt, Geouge W., says No ; scent naturally does not leave the bird 

 while it remains quiet. "Peruix chicagoensis" affirms it, as a conscious act by the bird, 

 which can control the escape of scent from its skin at certain times. 



1376. COUES, [E.] Dr. Coues upon Quail, etc. <^I!odand Gun, viii, Apr. 1, 1876, p. 9. 

 Cannot voluntarily withhold scent ; that is to say, by any act of conscious volition. But 

 certain actions of the birds, without design, result in the retention of the effluvium — which 

 may al/o be fiivored or hindered by certain surroundings, as state of the atmosphere. 



1876. " Harry." In the "Woods. < Rod and ami, vii, Jan. 8, 1876, p. 226. 



Comments upon article "Bob-white" in Harper's New Monthly Magazine (xxxis, 1869, pp. 

 505-512, figs. 1-G), and additional notes on Ortyx virginiana. 



1876. [Ingersoll, E.] Red-legged Partridges [imported into the United States]. 

 <^ Forest and Stream, v, Feb. 3, 1876, p. 404. 



1876. Linden, C. The Scent of Birds [Ortyx virginiana]. <^Rod and Gun, viii, Apr. 

 1,1876, p. 6. 

 Discussion of the subject of withholding scent by quail. 



1876. Loudon, F. Can Quail [Ortyx virginiana] withhold their Scent 1 </.'o<7 and 

 Gun, vii, Feb. 23, 1876, p. 339. 

 Believes they can. 



1876. "Old Gunner." Quail [Ortyx virginiana], Guns, etc. <^ Rod and Gun , yH, 

 Feb. 26, 1H76, p. 338. 

 Quail do at times withhold their scent; .ind certain bevies are marked by peculiar h.ibits. 



1876. "Reader." Quails [Ortyx virginiana] Withholding Their Scent. <^ Rod and 

 Gun, vii, Mar. 11, 1876, p. 371. 



Bird retains odor upon its feet by covering them the instant it alights so closely that air 

 cannot escape from beneath the feathers; certain bevies inherit this particularly; and tho 

 practice is specially observable in those bevies most assailed bv hawks. 



