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  by 
  a 
  hawk 
  in 
  the 
  streets 
  of 
  Forres. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Forres 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Quails 
  were 
  introduced 
  on 
  Rothiemay 
  estate 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  

   keeper, 
  Mr. 
  Brown, 
  about 
  seven 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  all 
  disappeared 
  in 
  

   time, 
  though 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  heard 
  or 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  

   two 
  afterwards 
  (Brown, 
  viva 
  voce, 
  1st 
  July 
  1892). 
  It 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  

   also 
  as 
  occurring 
  near 
  Cullen 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Stephen, 
  gamekeeper 
  

   there. 
  Edward 
  mentioned 
  it 
  also 
  long 
  ago, 
  and 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  Smith 
  

   records 
  a 
  nest 
  with 
  twelve 
  eggs 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  hayfield 
  about 
  six 
  

   miles 
  from 
  the 
  manse 
  of 
  Turriff, 
  in 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  New 
  Deer 
  (Dee), 
  

   in 
  July 
  1848 
  (vide 
  Zoologist, 
  1848, 
  p. 
  2302). 
  The 
  people 
  on 
  the 
  

   farm 
  there 
  reported 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  that 
  they 
  find 
  a 
  similar 
  nest 
  

   there 
  every 
  year. 
  In 
  1893 
  we 
  saw 
  Quails' 
  eggs 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Thompson 
  of 
  Gollachy 
  upon 
  his 
  own 
  farm 
  near 
  Port 
  Gordon. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rose 
  of 
  Holme 
  Rose 
  found 
  one 
  nest 
  within 
  a 
  hundred 
  yards 
  

   of 
  his 
  residence 
  near 
  Nairn, 
  and 
  he 
  writes 
  us 
  he 
  has 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  still 
  in 
  his 
  possession. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  thus 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  inner 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  Moray 
  

   Firth 
  are 
  the 
  localities 
  where 
  occurrences 
  of 
  Quails' 
  nesting 
  have 
  

   oftenest 
  occurred, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  earliest 
  recorded 
  dates. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Aberdeen 
  Free 
  Press 
  of 
  the 
  18th 
  May 
  1893 
  occurs 
  the 
  

   record 
  of 
  a 
  male 
  bird 
  near 
  Montconer 
  Wood 
  in 
  Banffshire. 
  The 
  

   gardener 
  at 
  Inverichny 
  heard 
  the 
  bird 
  strike 
  the 
  wire 
  fence 
  at 
  the 
  

   roadside, 
  and 
  he 
  picked 
  it 
  up. 
  Mr. 
  Paterson, 
  the 
  gardener 
  in 
  

   question, 
  has 
  presented 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  Banff 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  writes 
  that 
  an 
  unusual 
  number 
  of 
  Quails 
  

   made 
  their 
  appearance 
  in 
  that 
  district 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  

   September 
  and 
  October 
  1893. 
  He 
  examined 
  two 
  shot 
  near 
  Forres, 
  

   and 
  heard 
  of 
  several 
  more 
  having 
  been 
  seen 
  there. 
  They 
  were 
  also 
  

   shot 
  in 
  the 
  parishes 
  of 
  Kinloss 
  and 
  Alves 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Elgin. 
  

  

  Captain 
  Dunbar-Brander 
  heard 
  of 
  none, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  saw 
  none, 
  

   at 
  Pitgaveny, 
  though 
  he 
  considered 
  the 
  early 
  harvest 
  favourable 
  

   to 
  their 
  being 
  observed. 
  In 
  former 
  years 
  he 
  has 
  killed 
  them 
  in 
  

   his 
  neighbourhood. 
  

  

  [Obs. 
  — 
  Francolinus 
  vulgaris, 
  Steph. 
  Francolin. 
  — 
  Hearing 
  that 
  

   some 
  Francolins 
  had 
  been 
  turned 
  out 
  at 
  Newmore, 
  Ross-shire, 
  

   we 
  wrote 
  the 
  proprietor, 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Inglis, 
  and 
  now 
  give 
  his 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  full 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1 
  A 
  friend 
  of 
  mine 
  sent 
  me 
  home 
  thirty 
  (Black 
  Partridges) 
  

  

  