June, '10] ^'It'E : FOOD OF BOBWHITE 301 



Witch grass Agropyron vepens. 



Yarrow, milfoil Achillea millefolium. 



Yellow daisy, brown-eyed Susan, cone 



flower Rudbeckia hirta. 



*Yellow sorrel Oxalis stricta. 



Feeding Habits 



Another experiment was an attempt to bring up a bob white in an 

 entirely natural way so far as weeds were concerned. When he was 

 a month old, he was taken into the garden or fields every few days, 

 and watched to see what he would eat. He was given no weed seeds 

 until after he had found and eaten them out-of-doors. He would 

 experiment on many things that were not eatable, and if he had been 

 out for half a day instead of less than an hour at a time, and if he had 

 been taken to more places to find weeds, undoubtedly he would have 

 eaten a greater variety. 



The following seeds were his special favorites : 



Barnyard grass. 



Chickweed. 



Pigeon grass. 



Ragweed. 



Yellow sorrel. 



He was also fond of 

 Cinquefoil. 

 Lamb's quarters. 

 Peppergrass. 

 Pigweed. 

 Plantain. 



Rabbit's foot clover. 

 Red sorrel. 



In regard to the number of seeds of certain weeds that a bobwhite 

 will eat at a meal, Dr. Judd has several records of the amounts found 

 in single crops. In a few cases I watched a bird eat all that he 

 wanted counting while he ate. 



In order to find out how many seeds of one kind a bobwhite would 

 eat in a day the following tests were made. A weighed amount of 



