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THE fact of this little bird having visited England this year in such numbers appears to have attracted the attention of naturalists as well as sportsmen. In the columns of the Field may be found a census giving particulars of this migration. And it will appear a curious coincidence when I mention that there has been here a greater migration of quail this year than ever remembered before. Where they come from is somewhat mysterious. They have been shot in hundreds in some paddocks, and found as numerous as ever in ten days. I can only account for it by stating that it has been a most remark able year for grass, and consequently cover was good; and this does not appear conclusive, for the grass has been good all over the country for hundreds of miles towards the north, from which direction some appear to think they come. They are found generally in paddocks, where thistles grow. Can there be any common cause affecting these facts?
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AUSTRAL-ALPINE The Migration of Quail . Nature 4, 447 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004447c0
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