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148. Cliamaepelia passerina Sw. Ground Dove. — A rare summer 
sojourner. Have never seen more than two together. 
149. Meleagris gallopavo (americana Couesf). Wild Turkey. — 
I can not state with certainty whether the Wild Turkey under considera- 
tion is the Meleagris gallopavo americana or M. gallopavo , but I think 
it is the first named variety. 1 have found the bird abundant in all the 
heavily wooded districts, especially common in the thick woods with much 
underbrush near Spring Creek. Eggs are often put under a tame hen, but 
the young are not easily domesticated ; as soon as they are grown they 
become very wild, and many go off again to their favorite woods. Early 
in May I have seen the mother bird with about a dozen young ones, but 
they were so extremely wild that they suddenly disappeared among the 
almost impenetrable thickets of blackberries ( Rubu's villosus ) and Smilax 
(Smilax laurifolia and .S’, lanceolatai). When the pecans are ripe, they 
assemble in flocks of from ten to twenty and even thirty, and feed particu- 
larly on these nuts. Later in the season they feed on several kinds of 
acorns, and in winter when food becomes scarce, they eat the berries of the 
myrtle-holly ( Oreophila myrtifolia) and other berries. 
150. Cupidonia cupido Bd. Prairie Hen. — Common resident on 
all the flat grassy prairies. Is becoming scarcer every year. 
151. Ortyx virginiana Bo?iap. American Quail; “Bob-white.”— 
Very abundant resident. Two broods are raised yearly. They are exceed- 
ingly tame and confiding, breeding sometimes in close proximity to the 
habitations of men. In winter from fifty to one hundred are usually seen 
in cotton and sugar-cane fields. 
( To be continued.) 
decent literature. 
Bailey’s Index to Forest and Stream.* — The. newspaper thus in- 
dexed as to the bird-matter contained in its first twelve volumes has always 
given much space to ornithological articles, which have become of late 
years more valuable from a scientific standpoint than newspaper pieces 
generally are, being authenticated by the signatures of the writers instead 
of some silly pen-name, and being on the whole scarcely below or not 
below the grade of the bird-notes that one finds in periodicals of professed 
technical character. No one who has had any experience in hunting for 
what he wants through the scantily indexed pages of a weekly issue can 
* “Forest and Stream” Bird Notes. An index and summary of all the ornitholo- 
gical matter contained in “ Forest and Stream,” Vols. I-XII. Compiled by H. B. 
Bailey. New York : F. & S. Pub. Co., 39 Park Row. 1881. 8vo., paper, pp. iv, 195. 
