62 FEATHERED GAME 



In the Southern States it is likely that two 

 broods are sometimes raised in a season but 

 this is certainly not the rule in New England. 

 Where this does occur the male assumes all re- 

 sponsibility for the first brood, thus leaving 

 his mate free to care for the newcomers. 



During the summer Bob White leads a merry, 

 happy-go-lucky life, with few, if any cares, but 

 the winter months for such as remain in New 

 England after the fall shooting is over must 

 be a dreary time of hardship and hunger. In 

 many cases they wander away to more favored 

 districts further south. All through the north- 

 ern range there seems to be a partial migra- 

 tion of Quail southward at the approach of win- 

 ter — not all, but a part of the Quail population 

 leaving their summer homes until the spring 

 commences. Those which remain to brave our 

 snow and cold are apt to haunt the settlements 

 and the outskirts of the villages, often inviting 

 themselves to breakfast with the farmer's hens 

 and becoming for the time quite tame. The 

 Quail has been domesticated with much success 

 and breeds quite readily in captivity. 



Though not brilliantly colored "Bob White" 

 is a beautiful bird. His back and wings are 



