OL'O BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY, [VoLY. 



1874. Anon. Qnail [Ortyx virginiana] food [and manner of feeding]. <^ Forest a7id 



Stream, iii, Oct. 22, 1874, p. 164. 

 1874. COUES, [E.] Compliments of Mr. & Mrs. Kobert White. <^Am. Sportsman, iv, 



1874, p. 65. 

 Accompanyiag portraits of male and female Ortyx virginiana. 

 1874. "E." Do quail [Ortyx virginiana] eat cMnch bugs? <^Forest and Stream, ii, 



Apr. 30, 1874, p. 180. f 



1874. ''Homo." [C. S. Westcott.] ''Do quail [Ortyx virginiana] voluntarily 

 retain their scent." <^ Forest and Stream, i, Jan. 29, 1874, p. 390. 

 The negative maintained. 



1874. "Pioneer." The scent question. <[ Forest and Stream,, ii, Aug. 6, 1874, p. 405. 



"With respect to Lophortyx cali/ornica. 

 1874. "Scotia." Migration of Bob White [Ortyx virginiana]. <^Am. Sportsman, Hi, 



1874, p. 290. 



1874. Treeton, J. [Escaped] Virginian Quail [Ortyx virginiana] in Northampton- 

 shire. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., ix, 1874, p. 3835. 



1874. " T. S. D." Albino Bob White [Ortyx virginiana]. < Am. Sportsman, iii, 1874, 

 p. 283. 



1874. Wanmaker, E. S. Do quail [Ortyx virginiana] withhold their scent ? <^For- 



est and Stream, ii, Apr. 30, 1874, p. 180. See p. 276. 



Believes that a quiet, sitting bird would be readily overlooked by the dog ; but that it could 

 not voluntarily retain its scent. Much correspondence between gunners precedes and fol- 

 lows for several months, little of which has any permanent value, or brings out any new 

 facts upon the subject. 



1875. Anon. [Feeding habits of Ortyx virginiana]. <^Bod and Gun, vi, July 3, 1875, 



p. 215 ; Aug. 7, p. 281. 

 Keprint. See also pp. 330, 370. 

 1875. Anon. Fertile Albinos [Ortyx virginiana]. <^ Forest and Stream, iv, Mar. 11, 



1875, p. 69. 



Reprinted from St. Louis "Eepublican", Mar. 3, 1875. 

 1875. Barnes, J. B. The Perdicidss [of America]. <^ Forest a^id Stream, iii, Jan. 21, 

 1875, p. 372. 



1875. EsTEY, T. H. White California quail [Lophortyx californica]. <^ Forest and 

 Stream, iv, Feb. 11, 1875, p. 5. 



1875. Everts, M. G. An Open Letter [concerning the Migratory Quail (Coturnix 

 communis) of Europe, and the feasibility of its introduction into ihe United 

 States]. <^ Am. Sportsman, v, Jan. 23, 1875, p. 264. 

 1875. Goldsmith, M. The' migrating quail [Coturnix communis]. <^ Bod and Gun, 

 ■ vi, May 1, 1875, p. 65. 



Habits, etc., iu Europe ; with reference to its introduction into America. 

 1875. H[OLBERTON], W. C. Quail [Ortyx virginiana, in winter]. < Forest and 



Stream, iv, Feb. 18, 1875, p. 24. 

 1875. " Homo." [C. S. Westcott.] A new variety of quail [Ortyx hoopesii sp. n.]. 

 . <^ Forest and Stream, v, Nov. 25, 1875, p. 243. 



Editorial note appended, stating it to be abnormal plumage of Ortyx virginiana. 

 1875. "J. K. 0." California Quail [Loxihortyx californica, can probably be intro- 

 duced into Eastern States]. < Rod and Gun, vi, June 19, 1875, p. 187. 



1875. "Protector." How to raise quail [Ortyx virginiana]. <^ Forest and Stream, 

 iii, Jan. 7, 1878, p. 345, 4 cuts. 



187.5. "Recapper." [T.O.Abbott.] Protect the American Quail [Ortyx virgini- 

 ana]. < Am. Sportsman, v. Mar. 13, 1875, p. 378. See also p. 346. 



1875. "T. C.A." Protect the American Quail [Ortyx virginiana]. . <^Am. Sjwrts- 

 man, v, Feb. 20, 1875, p. 346. See also p. 378. 



