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published. The Zoo also had a pair in 191 1, but apparently met 
with no success with them. 
White-cheeked Crested Quail. A very pretty Soutii 
American species, which was first bred by Mr. Teschemaker in 
lOio. and a full account, with photos, was published in B.N., 
\'ol. I., N.S. The following season one of Mr. Teschemaker's 
young- hens, mated with an imported cock, hatched thirteen 
young ones from as many eggs in one of my aviaries. Unfor- 
tunately they all perished in a heavy thunderstorm. A year or 
so later I received two young cocks, as a true pair of another 
variety from Fockelmann, since when I have not seen any 
advertised on the market. The eggs are pale buff, heavily 
blotched with a darker shade. 
Scaled Partridge. This species was, I believe, first bred 
at the Zoo in 1913 — B.N., Vol. IV. — but I am not certain 
whether any young were fully reared. In 1905 a hen squamata 
hatched eleven chicks out of thirteen eggs in Mr. Trevor Bat- 
tye's aviaries, but none of them lived over ten weeks, so the\'' 
can hardly be said to have been fully reared. In 1912 the 
writer bred some very pretty hybrids from a cock bird of this 
species and a hen Californian, see B.N., Vol III, N.S. The 
following year I had a good troup of young ones from a pair 
of them, thus proving the fertility of these hybrids. Eggs 
creamy white or pale buff, thickly covered with reddish browi 
spots and blotches. Habitat : Southern U.S.A. and Northern 
Mexico. 
Douglas Quail. This handsome bird was first bred at 
the Zoo in 1912, see Az'icxilinral Magazine. J^ol. III. It has, I 
believe, bred there again since, but I can find no record of its 
having been kept by any of our members. Habitat : Central 
America. 
Virginian Quail. It was first bred in an aviary in this 
country as far back as 1830. Nine chicks were hatched from 
twelve eggs. They were all fully reared but did not survive the 
winter. The nest was described in a London paper at the time 
as being like that of a Wren's with a hole in its side ! ! ! I cannot 
trace their having been kept in any of our members' aviaries of 
