PROCEEDINGS 



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Iowa Academy of SciiMices, 



18 8 9. 



Thv third annual si^ssion of tlic Acadcniv \v;!> held in the 

 <'ity of Dcs Moines on Scptcnihcr -Mli. I ss|), in the Science 

 Rooms of the IIi<>-h Scliool buildiuir. TlKn-e wore i)rcscnt 

 a li-oodly number of the woikino: naturalists of the Stati-. At 

 this session the followinir ))a|)ers were presented, and are here 

 "•ivcn in abstract. 



THE BLUE QUAIL (CALLIPEPLA SQUAMATA) IN 

 IOWA. 



HV PROF. J. K. rol)l> 

 (Afisirac/.) 



A specimen of this bird was exhibited, which was shot at 

 Tabor, Iowa, May 20, l.S.Sl). The occurrence of this species, 

 which ranijes from Texas southward, was connected witii the 

 mildness of the past winter, and the cfi'eat reduction in num- 

 bers of the common (piail, in southwestern Iowa for the last 

 few years. 



IS THE PLUM CURCULIO DOUBLE-BROODED 



!Y PROF. C. P. GILI.F.TTK, 



Afisir,,,/ 



In this paper it was concluded that the plum curculio is 

 not wholly or even very largely double-brooded ut Ames, 



[Proc, I. A. S., 1887-9.1 63 l^'^- '*' '*'^9-l 



