From this brief investigation it appears that JS. v. turmw ®ay 
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establish itself in regions itiere it has been stocked in Pennsylvania, 
but that in spit© of the 1&*%q numbers that have been brought in that 
it is not the dominant bird of the region* It appears to hybridize with 
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the native yJLral.alaaeaa* md cross-bred birds exhibiting a mingling of 
characters of the parent stocks, with, a predominance in favor of 
vlrfdnlatma . ®iis will eaplain claims made by sportsmen that the Introduced 
quail rapidly assume the color, imrkings, and size of the native bird. 
Several)or 30, 1322 
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