Trees, Stars, and Birds 



The flesh of the bob- 

 white is much liked, 

 but to the farmer these 

 birds are more valu- 

 able alive than dead. 

 Several states have 

 passed laws to protect 

 bobwhites for periods 

 of several years, with- 

 out any open season. 

 With such protection 

 they become numer- 

 ous. The nests are on 

 the ground and con- 

 tain ten to eighteen 

 eggs. The young, like 

 little chickens, are able 

 to run as soon as they 

 are hatched. 



Bobwhites are 

 among the few birds 

 that spend their lives 

 in the same region 

 where they are 



hatched. Sometimes they perish in winter, imprisoned 

 beneath a crust that forms on top of the snow which has 

 drifted about them. The bobwhite, like all the members 

 of its order, has the hind toe elevated so that it does 

 not touch the ground. 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 



FIG. 235. Ring-necked or Chinese pheasant, 

 a relative of the partridges. It has been in- 

 troduced into the United States, and is to be 

 found wild in some localities. 



