542 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
grouse and quail in domestication. His experience is 
extraordinarily suggestive, and we quote much of his 
report to the Massachusetts Commissioners. His 
permits for the year allowed him to take 80 eggs of 
the ruffed grouse and to keep three pairs of bobwhite 
quail for purposes of propagation. He had 54 
grouse eggs, from which 38 chicks were hatched, and 
of these he says: 
“As will be seen, the eggs did not hatch as well 
as in the previous years of experiment, possibly due 
to cold weather in May. The eggs were all hatched 
under Cochin bantam hens, as usual. Chicks are ac- 
counted for as follows: 
“Fifteen chicks, June 6th, left with hen mother, 
began dropping off after the first two weeks, and were 
all dead by August 15th. 
“Fifteen chicks, June 6th, transferred on morning of 
hatching to brooder; 2 escaped, 1 died, probably as 
result of accidental injury, 2 died from swallowing 
objects too large to pass into the gizzard (black cricket 
and large spider), 10 are healthy, well-grown birds at 
present. 
“Eight chicks, June roth, transferred to brooder, and 
all did well, until, on sudden change of weather, tem- 
perature ran too high and killed them all. 
“The experiment was conducted this season on my 
new place, on uncontaminated ground, and I thought 
it desirable to try once more the simpler method of 
rearing with the hen. The result is decisive against 
this method. The fact that the hen carries parasites, 
