. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 721 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 309 h.— Game Birds, etc. The America7i Quail or Bobiohite. (Colinus Virgi7iia?i2(s (L.) Les.) Figure 58. The early writers do not mention any bird of this sort, therefore it is altogether probable that the Quails said to have been found here in the wild state more than sixty years ago were introduced by some enterprising
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 721 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 309 h.— Game Birds, etc. The America7i Quail or Bobiohite. (Colinus Virgi7iia?i2(s (L.) Les.) Figure 58. The early writers do not mention any bird of this sort, therefore it is altogether probable that the Quails said to have been found here in the wild state more than sixty years ago were introduced by some enterprising person at an earlier period, but of this no record is known to me. Possibly some governor or army officer fond of shoot- ing game may have done this.* But it seems to have become extinct. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven, Conn. , The author
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