CONTENTS 



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Foreword 3 



Restoration 5-9 



Former abundance of game; Game laws have not saved it; Field sports promote 

 health; Their restoration through game breeding of great economic importance; 

 Prejudice against breeders founded on ignorance; Wild bred better than hand 

 reared birds; Beat keepers and hand rearing keepers. 



Game Enemies 10-14 



Control vermin and good shooting results; Foxes; Coyotes; Wolves; Mountain 

 lions; Lynxes; Minks; Weasels; Snakes; Hawks; Owls; Turtles; Crows; 

 Skunks; Traps; Pole traps; Poison; Cats; Dogs; Rats; Destruction of covers. 



The Wild Tubket 15-18 



Propagation important because of diseases among domestic turkeys; Four 

 species; Habitat; Commercial breeding; Hand rearing; Enemies; Foods; 

 Market prices. 



American Quails or Partridges 19-24 



Five genera and thirteen species; Comparison with European partridges; 

 Terms "quail" and "partridge"; Breeding habits; Good shooting at quail clubs 

 with small dues; California mountain quail; Valley quail; Gambel's quail; 

 Scaled partridge and chestnut-bellied scaled partridge; Mearn's quail. 



Bob- White 25-27 



Range; Preserves; Artificial breeding; Hand rearing unnecessary; Food habits. 



The Grouse of the Open Countet 28-33 



Extinct in entire states; Will vanish from cultivated regions until it pays to 

 preserve them; Attention from sportsmen needed; At present practically no 

 shooting; The sharp-tailed grouse; The sage cock; The heath-hen. 



The Prairie Grouse 34-39 



Range; Reasons for its extinction in many places; Food habits; Hand rearing 

 experiments unsuccessful; Can be made abundant if bred wild; Farms in 

 "chicken" country now posted; Grouse shooting in Scotland attracts Ameri- 

 cans; Scotch grouse produced on small area; Small part of available lands in 

 this country should fill markets with cheap grouse; Cost of wild breeding small. 



The Grouse of the Woods and Mountains 40-43 



Ptarmigans; Canada or spruce grouse; Blue or dusky grouse. 



Ruffed Grouse 44-47 



Artificial propagation partially successful but undesirable; Food habits; 

 Covers; Enemies; Nests. 



Wild Ducks 48-53 



Duck breeding in England; Methods of rearing; "Straddles"; Cramps; 

 Enemies; Feeding; Mallards and black ducks; Wood ducks; Breeding of all 



species should be encouraged by laws; The sea ducks. 



The Pheasants 54-58 



Introduction to England and America; Other introduced game birds; Pheasants 

 thrive if protected from vermin; Several thousand breeders in this country; 

 Complaints of damage to crops; Dark-necked and ring-necked pheasants; 

 Other varieties; Successful small breeders; Market prices; Methods of hand rear- 

 ing; Shooting over dogs and by driving. 



The Gray Partridge 59-60 



An unsuccessful experiment; Success in Ohio; Efforts to introduce them should 

 continue. 



Appendix 61-62 



Twelve gauge loads suggested for field shooting; Comparative loads; "Bulk" 

 and "dense" smokeless and black powder. 



Advertisements 63-64 



