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of which, imported from Kurrachee, were liberated 

 at Newmore, Ross-shire, by Mr. G. Inglis ; the 

 Tinamu [Tinamus rufescens) of which several con- 

 signments, imported at different times from South 

 America, were liberated at Brightlingsea, Essex, by 

 Mr. John Bateman ; and the Wild Turkey (Meleagris 

 gallojyavo), which has been successfully introduced 

 and naturalised in Richmond Park, Windsor Great 

 Park, Blickling, Norfolk, as well as in Dumbarton- 

 shire and at Invergarry in Inverness-shire. See the 

 chapter on Wild Turkeys in my " Essays on Sport 

 and Natural History," pp. 179-184. 



QUAIL. Coturnix coinmnnis, Bonnaterre. PI. 18, figs. 2, 

 3, 3a. Length, 6-75 in. ; wing, 425 in. ; tarsus, 1 in. 



Generally regarded as a summer migrant to the 

 British Islands ; but years ago, when much com- 

 moner, many used to remain during the winter, 

 especially in Ireland (Fane and Cooper, Naturalist, 

 Dec. 1853). A good article by Mr. C. B. Moffat on 

 " The Quail in Ireland," will be found in the Irish 

 Naturalist, 1896, pp. 203-207. As to its former 

 abundance in that country, see the statistics given 

 by Mr. Barron Newell of Waterford, Field, Jan. 2 

 and Feb. 9, 1897, and by Mr. Ussher in his recently 

 published work. 



On the east of Scotland, where it would be ex- 

 pected to arrive in spring, strange to say, it is by no 

 means so common as on the west, although met with 

 in nearly all the counties from Berwick to Orkney, 

 Shetland, and the Faroes. Its range northward and 



