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weeks, while the partridge and the domestic hen sit only 

 three weeks. A nest that I found in Iowa in 1874, on 

 the ground, seemed rather small and too deep, the sixteen 

 eggs being piled one upon another for at least three 

 layers. I was told that they were all sure to hatch. 



Our eastern quails are plump, fine-looking birds ; but 

 there are two varieties in California, the "mountain 

 quail" and the "valley quail," more beautiful than 

 ours. 



