. The Wilson bulletin . uzon Orioles andthe extension of the range of Cinnyris whiteheadi are most interest-ing. The work has been directed by Commissioner Dean C. Worces-ter, Secretary of the Interior, to whom the author is indebted forthe use of books and assistance in many ways. Six species new to the Philippines, one wholly new species,and the description of four hitnerto unknown plumages, form themost interesting part of the paper to the general reader. New lo-calities of upwards of 135 species are also given, indicating that agreat amount of work is being done in that little known archip
. The Wilson bulletin . uzon Orioles andthe extension of the range of Cinnyris whiteheadi are most interest-ing. The work has been directed by Commissioner Dean C. Worces-ter, Secretary of the Interior, to whom the author is indebted forthe use of books and assistance in many ways. Six species new to the Philippines, one wholly new species,and the description of four hitnerto unknown plumages, form themost interesting part of the paper to the general reader. New lo-calities of upwards of 135 species are also given, indicating that agreat amount of work is being done in that little known archipelago. L. J. Amateur Sportsman, Vol. XXIX, Nos. 2,3,4, Ornithology, Vol. Ill, Nos. G, 7, 8, Slope Naturalist, The, Vol. I, No. , Vol. V, Nos. 3, , The, Vol. V, No. 2, 3, Bulletin, The, Vol. XI, No. of Applied Microscopy, Vol. VI, Nos. 5, Sportsman, The Vol. X, Nos. 118, 119, Canadien, Le, Vol. XXX, Nos. 7, World, The, Vol. VI, No. A BOB-WHITE paititing by Robeit J. Sim. THE WILSON BULLETIN No. 45. A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OFORNITHOLOGY Vol. X. DECEMBER, 1903. No. 4. A BOB-WHITE COVEY. LYNDS JONES. Reams of paper and pounds of ink have been consecratedto Bob-white, yet the manner in which the flock forms thebomb-shell covey has never been described, or if describedthe account has escaped my notice. Probably the fact thateach flock of these birds passes the night in a compact ring,tails touching, heads pointed out, is as old as the discoveryof these birds by the earliest settlers. Every Quail hunterhas experienced the momentary terror occasioned by thebursting of this animal bomb at his feet, each bird apparentlytaking a separate direction, and yet the whole flock finally mak-ing off in the same general direction. He must also know thatthe birds do not always form this bomb whenever they see dan-ger threaten, but when disturbed while they are feeding,they may either gather in a loose
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