WOOD NOTES WILD. 91 
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. 
