GENERAL METHODS ii 



Southern Stock. The traffic in live game-birds from 

 Mexico has served to furnish material for valuable experi- 

 mental work. Many of the live quails sold to-day are from 

 Mexico. I confess that I had supposed that these birds could 

 not stand a northern winter. They can, nevertheless. In a 

 most successful quail-breeding experiment which I conducted 

 on the estate of William Rockefeller, Tarrytown, New York, 

 the stock, of several dozen birds, came from Mexico, and was 

 received late in the fall of 1912. They were kept in a large 

 fenced enclosure, open ^bove, with no buildings, and only 

 small brush shelters or open frames with roofing-paper. 

 They survived the winter in splendid shape, the only casual- 

 ties being one or two that were killed by hawks. The breed- 

 ing was most successful, nearly two hundred young being 

 matured without any sign of disease. These, in turn, were 

 liberated on the estate, and, being fed, survived the severe 

 winter of 1913-14, and now, apparently, are breeding all over 

 the estate and vicinity. While naturally we should prefer 

 indigenous races, it is encouraging that there seems to be 

 some latitude in the processes of nature. 



Sources of Supply. The following dealers in game- 

 birds, waterfowl, or other wild live-stock are well known, 

 and have good faciUties for supplying whatever breeding- 

 stock may be available: 



Wallace Evans, Oak Park, Illinois. Mr. Evans raises 

 much of his stock, as well as buying stock for sale. He has 

 the largest propagating farm in America, and has made a 

 great success. He sells his own prepared foods. 



I. S. HoRNE, Home's Zoological Arena, Kansas City, 

 Missouri. Mr. Home does not propagate, but buys and 

 handles wild game-birds and waterfowl. I have dealt with 

 him considerably and found him reliable. 



Wm. J. Mackensen, Yardley, Pennsylvania. Mr. Mack- 

 ensen is another large dealer and importer well known. His 



