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WINTER VALLEY. 

 One of the best grazing grounds. 



Prairie Chickens. — Prairie chickens (either the sharp-tailed 

 grouse or the pinnated grouse) are found on the range, but none 

 were seen by us while riding over it. 



Bob-White. — Occasionally bob-whites were flushed, but they 

 were not as common on the range as they were in the cultivated 

 districts just outside, where hunters often bag from 50 to 75 birds 

 a day. 



English and Mongolian PJieasants. — If introduced, pheasants 

 should do well. There are several places along Cache and other 

 streams that afford just the kind of cover these birds like. 



The only drawback to raising prairie chickens, bob-whites, and 

 pheasants is the lack of food. Should the task be undertaken, it 

 would be necessary to plant " kaffir corn " and other food for 

 them. As soon as a person leaves the confines of the Wichita 

 Reserve he at once finds quail in large numbers, but on the Re- 

 serve, where there is no farming, comparatively few quail were 



