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Other species are the Abert Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) ; 

 the Kaibab Squirrel (Sciurus kaibabensis), Flying Squirrel, 

 (Glaucomys volans), etc. 



QUAIL SHOOTING: 



Perhaps quail shooting constitutes our most popular 

 form of sport, for the quail certainly is one of our best game 

 birds, and its wide range makes it a favorite with a large 

 part of our population. 



On account of their interesting habits and marvelous 

 diversity of form and color, the quails of the United States 

 are a very attractive group of game birds. They are all 

 very handsome, but the most striking and beautiful species 

 live on the Pacific Coast and in the Southwest. 



Within Columbia's gates we find seven species, only 

 one of which is found in the eastern States, the remaining 

 species being widely scattered from Texas to California and 

 Oregon. Their range was, and is yet, continuous along the 

 entire southern border of the country from ocean to ocean; 

 but there is an irregular belt along the northern border and 

 a large area in the interior, comprising the Great Plains, 

 the northern three-fourths of the Great Basin, and the 

 Rocky Mountains, in which they appear to have been orig- 

 inally wanting. 



The quail's cheerful habits, their beauty f and their val- 

 ue as food, has made them welcome, generally, on the farms 

 throughout the country, but their real value to agriculture 

 is not even yet fully appreciated. The Bob White species, 

 especially, deserves some recognition for the great work 

 they do annually in the interest of the farmer, as they de- 

 stroy injurious insects and feed on injurious weeds to a 

 great extent. 



This latter species the Bob White is the greatest 

 game bird of all seven varieties. This is the only quail in- 

 digenous to the eastern United States, where it ranges from 



