THIRTY-EIGHTH BIENNIAL REPORT 29 



During the spring and early part of 1944 regular checks have 

 been made all over the SacrfUnento Valley and other areas where 

 there have been a concentration of hunters the year before and there 

 is a very definite decline in I he lumiber of birds. 



I'hcasaiifs Fartridgen Quail 'I'lirki'ijn 



Birds (listribiitod 04,064 21,792 5,680 311 



Birds hatched 100,306 25,500 7,503 637 



Eggs laid 159,558 33,378 15,592 1,461 



Eggs set 131,702 32,123 10.909 1,305 



Eggs distributed 3,144 155 1,103 



