CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. DESCRIPTION 15 



Types of game range; Agricultural Belt; Forest Belt; Hill Belt; Low- 

 land Belt; Method of survey. 



II. BOBWHITE 



HISTORY 24 



Four stages; Changes in distribution and abundance; History of quail 

 on a typical farm; Rebuilding the quail crop; Changes in stock, Mexican 

 quail; Western quails; Summary. 



STATUS 32 



Geographic distribution; Nearly quail-less area; Distribution of abund- 

 ance; Standards of range quality; Census methods; Analysis of abund- 

 ance map; Abundance in open and closed areas; Trend of abundance; 

 Saturation point; Temporary concentrations; "Irruptions"; Summary. 



MOVEMENTS 47 



Movements and management; Alleged migration; The fall "shuffle"; 

 Movement of cocks; Summary. 



MISCELLANEOUS LIFE HISTORY 51 



Sex ratio; Alleged inbreeding; Relation to other species; Non-breeding 

 covies; Diseases; Phenology; Weights of quail. 



FOOD AND COVERTS 59 



Present changes; Grazing vs. forestry in farm woodlots; Woodlot prod- 

 ucts; Insect pests and quail coverts; The osage hedge; Siloing of corn; 

 Favorable changes; Quail and weeds; Tick trefoil and woods quail; Win- 

 ter cover ; Coniferous shelterbelts ; Winter feeding methods ; Summary. 



QUAIL AND WEATHER 74 



Kinds of weather losses ; Explanation of chart ; Historic weather ; Cause 

 of winter losses ; Distribution of winter losses ; Degree of winter loss, 

 recovery; Wisconsin study of winter losses; Frequency of nesting losses; 

 All losses. 



QUAIL MANAGEMENT 83 



Quail hunting; History of seasons; Quail refuges; Charges for quail 

 shooting; Allowable kill. 



III. RABBITS 89 



Lack of facts; History and distribution; The rabbit meat industry in Mis- 

 souri; The rabbit planting stock industry; Cottontail shortages; "Hol- 

 ing-up zone; The Trempealeau "irruption"; Snowshoe "rabbit"; Rabbits 

 and birds ; Rabbit seasons. 



IV. RINGNECK PHEASANT AND HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE. 



HISTORY OF PLANTS 100 



Investment in exotics ; Success of exotics ; History of pheasant plantings ; 

 History of Hungarian plantings; The place of exotics. 



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