CONTENTS 



Demand from Civilization to Western States ; 179 



The Critical Hour 180 



The Deadly Automobile 181 



Severity of Hunting Conditions .... 185 



Open Seasons 186 



Bag Limits 187 



Influences Exterminating Western Grouse and 



Quail 188 



No Restocking Possible . . . . . . 190 



The Sage Grouse 191 



Distribution of Sage Grouse 193 



Status and Prospects of Sage Grouse . . . 195 



Pinnated Grouse or Prairie Chicken . . . 203 



How About the Quail? 204 



The Lesson of the Heath Hen .... 205 



How to Save the Sage Grouse .... 208 



Objections to be Met 209 



License Money and Cost of Game Protection . 212 



Grounds for Some Hopefulness .... 214 

 States that Permanently Protect Certain 



Grouse 216 



The Path of Duty 217 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



In the Interest of the Boy 173 



The Sage Grouse or Cock-of-the-Plains . Frontispiece 



Modern Juggernaut of Game Slaughter . . 182 



Effectiveness of Automobile in Destroying Game 184 



Present Distribution of Sage Grouse (Map) . . 194 



Western Pinnated Grouse 204 



The Heath Hen 206 



The Bob-White 216 



