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For the proper protection and propagation of this bird it would be well to 



(rt). Prohibit its sale as "game." 



{b). Enforce a five year " close season." 



{c). Recognize them (legally) as the property of the man upon whose premises they 

 occur, and not to be shot, excepting by his consent, 



{d). Destroy the carnivorous animals that become their enemies. 



{e). Encourage them (by feeding and other kindnesses) tobecome semi-domesticated. 



(/). Be particularly careful to feed them during severe winter or prolonged snow, 

 and if possible give them shelter. 



[g). Preserve a strip of woodland or hillside in natural thicket in which they may 

 find refuge when too severely persecuted. 



{h). Be especially careful to watch for their nests in cultivated fields, particularly 

 during haying season, and plainly mark their exact locality (by a stake with a cloth 

 tied to it) in order that horses and wheels of reapers and wagons may not crush the 

 precious eggs. 



A GO AT THE QUAIL. 



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