-NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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hiblt the folowing dimensions: 1.20x.91, 1.22x.90, 1.19x.93, 1.18X.92. The average size 

 of the nine eggs is 1.19x.90 inches. In a larger series the average size Is larger, as 

 above cited. 



** EUROPE AN QUAIL. Cotuniix cotttriUx (Linn.) Geog. Dist.— Northern 

 portions of Northern Hemisphere; introduced into the United States. 



The Common Quail of Europe has been imported by the hundreds in various 

 parts of this country during the last eighteen years. This has especially been the 

 case in the Eastern States, north to New Brunswick. Either the climate or the food 

 was unsuited to them and their naturalization is considered a failure. 



* * Common Quail of Europe (From BrehmK 



289. BOB-WHITE. CoUnus vifffinianus (Linn.) Geog. Dist. — Eastern Uni- 

 ted States; west to Dakota, Kansas, Indian Territory and Eastern Texas. North to 

 Southern Maine and Southern Canada, south to the Atlantic and Gulf States. 



The celebrated game bird of Eastern United States. It has now extended its 

 range westward into nearly all the Western States and Territories. In the two 

 southern extremes of its habitat it is found in two light and dark climatic varieties, 

 as below. Pound throughout the greater portion of the year in coveys; in the 

 early spring pairing, each pair selecting a particular locality, where they remain 

 during the summer months. Where mating has taken place the male's well-known 

 mellow notes, — Boh-wliite,Bob-wliUe, may be heard at short intervals echoing 

 throughout the woodland. The favorite nesting places of this bird are on the ground 

 in corners of rail fences, at the foot of stumps surrounded by a thick growth of vege- 

 tation, in gardens or cultivated fields where there are bunches of tall grass or weeds. 



