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West Indies, which the writer thinks identical with our own species, 

 ix, 22, 413 — " Quail wi h abnormal plumage "—Editors, ix , 24, 451 

 "Quail withholding scent ;" several instances of their doing so. ix , 

 26, 489— Are abundant at Fort Clark, Texas— " Bushwhacker " (P. 



E. Phelps). X., 1, 3 -Nesting near St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 20, 1878— J. 

 B. Newby. x , 4, 55 — Instructions about wintering Quail — "Green- 

 wood." X., 11, 196— Quoting from an article in the "Scientific 

 American" that they cannot fly across the Mississippi River below 

 Natchez, Miss, x., 14, 255 —Abundant at Halifax Inlet, East Florida; 

 they are darker than those of the Northern States — 8. C. C.(larke). 

 X., '14, 255 — They are averse to flying over water -C. R. x , 17, 319 

 —They cannot make long flights over rivers — M. G. E. (verts) x., 

 21, 399— Forty-two eggs found in one nest at Woodstock Ohio — T. M. 

 Ow n. xi., 3, 47- Abundai t at Peotone, 111.; breeds — D. H. Eaton. 

 xi., 9, 179— Domestication of Quail — " Kentuckian." xii., 1, 6 - Can 

 be bred in confinement— Editors, xii., 1, 6 — Affirming that they can 

 be raised in confinement~M. Englert. xii., 1, 6 — -Same tenor as pre- 

 ceding — Albert C. Roussel. xii., 5, 85— A nest with fourteen eggs 

 found in Missouri in January, but the parent was frozen on the nest 

 when part of the eggs were hatched — H. C. Munger. xii., 9, 166— 

 Return of a caged Quail after having its liberty — "Truth " xii., 9, 



^ 172 — Scarcity of Quail owing to the severe winter, and remarks on 

 their migrating at Pittsburg, Penn. — J. S. Brown, xii., 10, 189 — 

 Deep snows of last winter almost exterminated them at Grand Tower, 

 111. xii., 11, 211 — Suggesting following their lead and trapping in 

 the fall and keeping through the winter, thus pres-erving \ irds from 

 the severe winters — Chas. Bitting, Allentown, Penn. xii., 14, 366 — 

 Believes they can be domesticated— J. T. Bohon. xii., 16, 314 - 

 Prospect" for fall shooting neverbetter, Salem, N. C- C. G. P. xii., 

 18, 344 — Sportsman's observations on them at Loretlo, Va.; believing 

 in partial migration, and that some coveys always fr( quent same 

 pa'ch of ground unless it is changed by cutting away or otherwise, 

 xii., 18, 347 — Abound in Northern Georgia — Maurice Thompson. 



Ortyx virginianus texanus. Texas Quail, iii., 24, 373- -Found in Southern 

 Texas and the valley of i he Rio Grande— J. B. Barnes. 



Ostriches, ii., 7, 103 — Calling attention to an Ostrich farm at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and asking why they cannot be accHmali;d in Texas, v., 

 14, 212 -Account of Ostrich farming at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 vii., 21, 325 -Short account of them in captivity, xi., 8, 155 — 

 "Ostrich Breeding;" extract from the London Colonies and India. 



Otns vulgaris wilsonianns. Long-eared Owl. iii., 4, 53 -Common in 

 Newfoundland— M. Harvey.— v., 17, 260— Found to be common in 

 the Black Hills by Geo. Bird Grinnell in 1(574 — Ernest IngersoU. vi., 

 7, 100 — Rare, but Usually to be found near Montpelier, Vt. — ^W. A. 

 Briggs. vi. , 10, 148 — A winter bird ; rare in summer ; at Fort Wayne, 

 Ind.— G. Aug. Smith, vi., 11, 163— Observed near Trenton, N. J., 

 in March; very common— C. C. Abbott, vi., 12, lal— Rather com- 

 mon both summer and winter at Dan vers, Mass. — Arthur F. Gray. 

 vi., 22, 354- -Resident but not common at Ann Arbor, Mich.; breeds 

 from the middle of April to the last of May— A. B. Covert, vii., 21, 

 325— Not an uncommnn resident in Yates County, N. T.; breeds — J. 

 B. Gilbert, viii., 8. 113— Not common at Webster, N. H,; excepting 

 during the migrations ; may breed, as have seen them in Jun? — Chas. 



F. Goodhue, vlii., 15. 224— Found in Michigan "Archer" (G. A. 

 Stockwell) xii., 13. 245 — Not common in N va Scotia — J. Matthew 

 Jones, xii., 19, 365 -Common; first seen May 5^878; breeding 

 first week in June near Como, Wyoming — S. W. WiUiston. 



Ouzel. Water, See Oinclus mexicarms. 

 OwL Acadian, See Nyotale aeoMea. • 



