QUAIL SHOOTING. 



The quails of America cover a greater territory than 

 any other of our game birds, and are more faithfully 

 pursued than any. They are found, interruptedly, 

 from points in Canada far down into Central America, 

 and beyond. Over the eastern half of the continent, 

 and far better known than any other species, bobwhite 

 stands alone. Moreover, by one means or another, he 

 has extended his range, first to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and then beyond that to the Pacific coast, while 

 the Texas form, and some Mexican species, drift far to 

 the southward. 



Bobwhite has been called the game bird of America, 

 and from early days has furnished sport to north- 

 erner and to southerner alike. It was never abundant in 

 Canada, though the gunners of southwestern Ontario 

 used to get a few; but forty or fifty years ago it was 

 very abundant in central New York, from which coun- 

 try, we believe, it has long been exterminated. Many 

 years ago the late Prof. O. C. Marsh, of Yale Col- 

 lege, used to relate with gusto stories of the good 

 quail shooting that he had had near Lockport, N. Y., 

 in the days before the Civil War. 



Hard winters and overshooting have long ago al- 

 most exterminated the quail in Massachusetts, Con- 

 necticut, New York, and portions of Pennsylvania, yet 



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