Il VlJ. bob-white has a wide range through- 

 out the United States from Southern 

 Canada to the Gulf states, and West- 

 ward to the Great Plains. It has been introduced in Colorado, 

 Utah and as far West as California and Oregon. In a Cali- 

 fornia State report, a few years ago, it was stated that the 

 birds first liberated disappeared, excepting in one place where 

 they were protected from their natural enemies.* 



It would not be surprising if our markets be supplied with 

 an abundance of quail from Oregon and other Western states, 

 since the people are enterprising and they seem to understand 

 the value of practical game preservation. 



From Massachusetts North, in New England, and in the 

 Northern parts of most of our Northern states the quail suffers 

 much from the severe winters and it is not so easily kept plenti- 

 ful. But stock birds have been trapped in cold mountainous 

 regions and held in barns until Spring with very little trouble 

 and with very good results, and some birds easily might be 

 preserved for sport in all of the Northern states. The big quail 

 preserves are, for the most part, in the Carolinas and other 

 Southern states, where land is cheap, natural foods are abundant, 

 and where the climate is excellent for game preserving. On the 



*Mr. D. Baldwin, one of the State Game Commissioners of Montana, says 

 in The Game Breeder's Magazine that twenty-four bob-whites were purchased 

 in Kansas by a few sportsmen, before it was illegal to sell birds for breeding 

 purposes, and liberated in the Kalispell valley. He estimates there must be 

 from fifteen to twenty thousand quail in the valley. 



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