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tions are fully acquainted with his charac- 

 ter and habits. 



He is sometimes found in the cage, 

 although his song consists only of the 

 single call of "Bob- White," which is only 

 given during the latter part of spring and 

 the commencement of summer; but he is 

 principally kept by benevolent sportsmen, 

 for the purpose of being turned loose in 

 the spring, in order to prevent the extreme 

 possibility of the species, already too thin, 

 becoming entirely exterminated in the vi- 

 cinities of our large cities. 



When kept in confinement, in numbers, 

 they should be placed in a well-aired 

 room, the floor of which should be strew- 

 ed with coarse gravel, of which they are 

 very fond, and large branches of the Vir- 

 ginia juniper layed along its sides, or 

 placed in clumps, that they may shelter 

 themselves on the approach of the feeder. 

 If the last direction be not attended to, 

 they will be apt to injure themselves in 

 flying about, which they do very rapidly. 



