The Quail 135 
In Ireland Quail shooting lasts from September 20th till January ioth, but in 
England and Scotland from August 1st to March 1st. 
A certain number of Virginian and Californian Quails have been reared and 
turned out in this country. The last named is one of the most prolific birds in 
existence, as well as a first-rate object of the chase. It would be a great addition 
to our farms if it could be naturalised ; but I fear that, except in a few favoured spots, 
not the cold, but the scarcity of natural food, would prove its destruction. Mr. Hugh 
Wormald has reared quite a large number of Californian Quails from a few pairs of 
birds. One hen laid 140 fertile eggs, most of which were reared, in 1908, and she 
has already laid 70 eggs this season (1909). 
