THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
few quails, because they more affect open fields than 
enclosures." ^ 
Hawker usually obtained a few birds at the beginning 
of September, at Longparish, when partridge shooting. 
It has nested, amongst other places, at Catherington, 
Alresford, Petersfield, Wherwell, Andover, Whitchurch, 
Binley, Overton, and at various places in the New Forest. 
In the Isle of Wight Bury says 2 : " R. Loe has known 
it to breed once at Newchurch ; a few years ago a bevy 
was fallen in with early in September in the parish of 
Whitwell. Mr. Simeon writes, dated December 30th, 
1844, of a bevy near Ryde many years ago and one 
killed by Mr. Jolliffe at Bowcombe, about six weeks since. 
One was caught by a dog at Newchurch last autumn. 
Mr. Butler, of Yarmouth, caught one a few years back 
on Christmas Day." 
In the museum at Newport are two eggs from a 
clutch of nine found on Kingston Farm, Chale, and 
presented to the museum, September 8th, 1855, by 
A. C. Hallatt, but if they belong to this species they are 
certainly most abnormally coloured specimens. 
Dr. Cowper ^ says it is very uncommon and is usually 
seen singly. He shot one in September, 1893. 
Among the records of its occurrence in winter are the 
following : — 
One shot at Whitfield Wood, Isle of Wight, in 
January, 1859. 
One shot in the Undercliff, Ventnor, in November, 
1888. (Hadfield, " Zoologist," 1889.) 
One seen at Porchester on December 31st, 1889, 
^ Letter v. to Pennant. 
^"Zoologist." 1845. 
3 "Hants Court Guide." 
