MISCELLANEOUS INFECTIONS 609 
disease at will and the none too great certainty of the 
intentional production of blackhead. At all events the 
transmission is potentially the same, ground or food 
soiled with droppings, indicating that hygienic measures 
should take the form of segregation and disinfection. 
Here follows the report of our original observation : 
'^ An epizootic disease has decimated three newly im- 
ported lots of quail. Scaled quail {Callipepla squamata), 
Gambel's quail {Lophortyx gamheli) and Texas bobwhite 
{Colimos texasus virginianus) . On January 5, 1915, 
the first lot of twenty-four quail arrived from northern 
New Mexico via Kansas City; on Januaryllth a second lot 
of twelve bobwhite arrived from Brownsville, Texas, via 
Kansas City ; the first of this lot died the day after arrival 
with lesions of this infection. From this lot of birds the 
first lot was probably infected, the first death occurring 
on January 20th, no other deaths having occurred in the 
first lot since arrival. On January 21st the third lot of 
twelve quail arrived direct from Mexico. The first of this 
lot died of the disease on January 24th. Some birds were 
also sent at the time of the arrival of the third consign- 
ment, to Doctor Kalbfus of the State Game Commission. 
It is to be emphasized that to date no cases of infectious 
enteritis have occurred in the lot sent to Doctor Kalbfus. 
The first case appeared at this Garden on January 12th, 
more than a week before the third lot arrived. It would 
seem that the disease was brought to the Garden by the 
second lot of birds, and that they picked it up on the way 
from Texas to Kansas City to Philadelphia. The birds 
made a stop at Kansas City. The birds died at long 
intervals for the first two weeks, but late in January and 
early in February several died each day. The last death 
with characteristic lesions occurred February 11th. After 
the epidemic reached its height it subsided very quickly. 
''During the illness the birds exhibited very few symp- 
toms, indeed some of them were not known to be sick. A 
few sat huddled in a corner with ruffled feathers and 
