Concord, 
1896 . 
Oct. 31. 
1899. 
June. 
Collnus vlr?4lnlanus . 
Roosting for the night. 
As we^paddling slowly up the reach past Barrett's Bar I 
discovered a small, short-tailed, plump-loohing bird sitting 
crouched on the branch of a young oak over the rock where I 
shot the Prothonotary. Landing I walked nearly beneath it 
when to my great surprise I found that it was a Quail. The 
next moment it and another which I had not seen started from 
the tree and whirred off over the open fields. It was nearly 
dark at the time and both birds must have gone to roost for 
the night in this unusual place. 
A pair running in the road near Heath's Bridge on the 
0th, one calling near the Barrett farm on the 15th and a male 
calling bob-v/hite on the Keyes farm place on the 25th. A 
pair v;ere also seen in Bedford on the 11th. 
