Maj2oh24, 1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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BeMdere'.—\ saw ray friend Mr. B. , who has the best game 

 farm in Warren county. He feeds the quail every winter t 

 said he had very few left, . I know of none elsewhere. A 

 sad condition of things up here. 



IM-Hdere. — Ovej fifty per cent, of the quad in this region 

 have perished, The far ners always feed the birds, and this 

 winter they looked after them carefully. 



BridgemUe.— All the farmers say that the quail and small 

 birds are nearly all frozen. The wood-choppers say that 

 they find niany partridges (ruffed grouse) that have been 

 either frozen or" starved to death. None, 1 believe, were fed. 



Brt/igeBilk: -VThe winter has been very severe on game— 

 this winter more so than last. I have heard of largenumbers 

 of quail being frozen— fourteen in one lot. The same is true 

 of the partridge?. Should think that t o-thinl. > i i": 1 : - :!■ 

 have perished" Farmers o feed them. 1 have fed one flock 

 of eight all winter. Rabbits are numerous. 



Buttsville.—l do not think th t the cold weather has affect- 

 ed tie quail more this winter than is usual I have noticed 

 quite a large number feeding near grain stacks. 



Carpentermil e.— As I am somewhat of a hunter I can say 

 the winter has been very severe on the. quail. I don't think 

 there is scarcely a quail' left. The farmers have not fed the 

 birds. There were a number of quail here last fall, but all 

 have perished Rabbits are plenty. 



Danville.— By careful inquiry I learn that about fifty per 

 cent, of quail have been destroyed, and other game in pro- 

 portion. The winter has been very hard on the quail in this 

 section. 



Eackettstown,— The winter has beeu very severe. The 

 quail has suffered very much. About seventy -five per cent, 

 have been killed. In some casesthe bevies are all gone. The 

 farmers have not fed them any. 



Hadcettstmcn.— The snows, drifts aud cold weather have 

 been very destructive to the birds. I knew of several coveys 

 of from twelve to twenty birds at the f-nd of the season, and 

 now there are only three or four birds to a bevy to be seen. 

 Many have been found frozen since the snow went off. The 

 loss has been greater than for many years. I think seventy- 

 five per cent, of the birds have perished. Some farmers tried 

 to feed and save them. There is scarcely a pheasant to be 

 found. Rabbits have beed found dead. 



Ho ■nesbvrgh.— The snows and cold have had very serious 

 effect on the birds in our section, especially quail. Whole 

 flocks have been found smothered and frozen. From what I 

 can gather the destruction has been much greater than in 

 other years. Probablv at least seventy five per cent, perish- 

 ed about here. A very few have fed them. One small bevy 

 has been caught and kept to turn out in spring. 



Rosen,— The cold and snows have had a bad effect on game 

 in our section. The destruction has been greater this winter 

 than last. Some twenty to thirty per cent, have perished. 

 But few farmers here feed them. 



Hetzen. — The injury to game Bos been serious, and the de- 

 struction greater 'than in other winters. About twenty-five 

 per cent are dead. Farmers do not feed to any extent, as a 

 general thing. 



Hope.—Ot quails I think half have perished, a greater pro- 

 portion this year than usual. Other birds about the same as- 

 usual. I have been in the habit, of feeding them. 



JoJmsonMirgh. I can candidly say that about one-half of 

 ' all kinds of game has perished. The quail have not been fed 

 by the farmers or residents. 



Johnsonburgh.— Game is very scarce here now. About 

 one-third perished this winter. A few flocks of quail were 

 fed by farmers. 



Maryborough. — There was quite a number of birds left 

 over from last season, but the winter has been very iiard on 

 the quail. I had a very nice flock by my wheat stack, but 

 they have not been seen recently. 



Port Murray.— We c nsider that fifty per cent, of the 

 quail and other game have frozen to death. As far as we can 

 learn several farmers have fed them. 



Bocksburgh— The snows had no effect on the game. The 

 farmers and residents feil the birds.. 



Stewnrtsvilk. — Cold and snows have had no effect on the 

 game in this section. A few coveys of birds are fed by the 

 farthers. There were more birds last season than usual. 



Bteioartsville.—As far as I know the birds have wintered 

 well here. Rabbits are plenty. I know of two coveys of 

 quail of twelve and eighteen and a few other bunches. 



Vienna. - All the birds along the Pequest Valley are ex- 

 terminated by the cold. The farmers were too mean to feed 

 them. 



MORRIS COUNTY. 



Afton.—No destruction of birds in this section that I have 

 learned about. Several farmers have fed a few flocks of 

 quail. 



Bartleyeille. — Unable to say what percentage perished dur- 

 iug the severe winter. It has been greater than usual. 

 Farmers here don't take care of birds. 



Berkshire Valley. — A great mauy quail have died through 

 thia section. I have found as high as twelve in the snow 

 huddled together frozen. I also found a few woodcock. I 

 am paying twenty cents apiece for live quail to let out. 



Boonton.— There has not been any game, to my knowledge, 

 killed by the « eather. The quail have become tame and 

 came close to the farmers' houses to feed. There may have 

 been some killed by the last heavy snows. 



Brookside.— The cold weather has killed most all of the 

 birds. No one, as I know of, has fed any birds this wnter. 



Brookside.— The unusually cold winter has been very 

 destructive to the game in this section. More game has per- 

 ished the past winter than in many years. At least seventy- 

 five per cent, of the birds have perished. The farmers fed 

 early in the winter, but the extreme cold and snow finally 

 destroyed them. 



Chester. — We have lost twenty-five per cent, of our birds. 

 The farmers tried to protect the quail. 



Benville. — We have had a hard winter for our quail, but, 

 have not lost a single flock from cold or snow. One person 

 fed a bevy of thirteen, another man fed thirteen birds, and 

 another fed three flocks, using two bushels of buckwheat. 



Dover. — The deep snows have had a most disastrous effect 

 on the game in this vicinity. About seventy-five per cent, of 

 the quail have perished. Partridges (ruffed grouse) have 

 fared better. Farmers have fed. 



Brakesville.— Many quail have been pres rved by farmers. 

 Some gentlemen have paid twenty-five cents apiece for quail. 

 Do not believe the weather, though the most severe in years, 

 kill d many birds. 



Gillette.— The effect of the snow has been destructive in 

 much greater proportion than in other years. Nearly one- 

 half the birds are dead. Some farmers did feed, but it was 

 not generally done. ' 



Green Village.— 1 have not heard of auy game that has 

 perished. 



Hanover.— The- cold and snows have killed a great deal of 

 the game af>0VU here. The birds were fed by farmers. 



Evpatcong.— The cold weather had more effect on the 

 hunters than on the birds. What game there is here seems 

 to havo wintered well. 



on. —The farmers fed some, but the cold killed half 

 of the email. 



\reGain\eiUe.— 1 'he quail have been fed. I do not think 

 the destruction of rjirds has been greater than in other years. 



Madison'.— There seemed io be plenty of quail left January 

 1. I know of at least fifteen coveys of from three to ten 

 each. I think it safe to say that at least two-thirds of these 

 birds perished from the cold and snow, and the remainder 

 are left in a very weak condition. Many will be killed by 

 our eold spring rains, by hawks-, etc, T have a flue lot of 

 good strong birds that f shall turn out by pairs when the 

 weather will admit. Birds were fed andprotected by sports- 

 men, who are in mauy cases farmers. 



Mend/mm, I .should say firtv per cent, of the quail have 

 perished. Partridges (ruffed grouse) have fared better. _ A 

 great many farmers fed birds, aDd I know of several parties 

 (myself included) who have a pair of birds to libera'e soon. 



Mmdloim.— The most severe winter on game that we have 

 had m ten years. It has destroyed nearly all the quad, but 

 not many partridges. The percentage of birds destroyed has 

 been at least seventy-five per cent. Very few farmers have 

 fed the game. 



Middle Va ley.— The. farmers don't feed the birds, but they 

 are down on sportsmen. A number of birds have not per- 

 ished. I know of several coveys; saw a flock this morning 

 (March 15). 



MillingUm.— There are but few game birds tn this section. 

 They have been fed grain and have wintered well as usual. 



MillingUm.— The stock of game near me has been reduced 

 fifty per cent. One flock of a dozen quail saved by wood- 

 chopper finding them • 



Miilwgton. — The winter has been very severe on quail and 

 other game. Whole bevies of quail have been found dead. 

 Game of late years has been scarce. Fully forty per cent, of 

 game was killed. 



" Monteille.—l do not think the destruction of game has 

 been greater than in other years. I have had one flock of 

 twenty quail under iny notice all winter. They were alive 

 two weeks ago (.March 17). 



Morris Plains.- So far as I have been able to learn, the 

 game has not suffered, aside from their being weakened by 

 the cold and lack of food. The farmers, as a rule, do not 

 feed. 



Morridown,, — Birds have wintered better than many ex- 

 pecied. I have heard of hut two being frozen. A number 

 of birds were fed. Undoubtedly some have perished, but in 

 my belief one-tenth only suffered. The grouse are still all 



Morristowii— A large number of birds have perished. The 

 loss has beeu much greater than usual The. farmers as a 

 general thing fed lire buds. 



Mount Olive. — There have been no more dead birds than in 

 other years. I have recently seen one flock which wintered 

 under a grain stack. 



Mount Olive.— There are a few quail and plenty of rabbits 

 left. 



NaughriqliliiJie. -More birds have perished on account of 

 the severity of the. winter than ever before to my knowledge. 

 1 think that seventy-five per cent, of the birds have perished. 

 j\'aughrii/ht.viUe.—Th\s has been a very severe winter with 

 game of all kinds. Quail are all dead. Have never known a 

 winter in which the destruction has been so great. 



Newfoundland— Farmers tell me that where in the fall 

 they saw quail, now they cannot see a track; yet there are 

 some quad left. Farmers have tried to feed them, but the 

 deep snow covers them. I woidd say about seventy-five per 

 cent. have, been lost. 



tfmfoundbwd.— Perhaps fifty per cent, of the birds have 

 perished. A number of farmers have kept small flocks of 

 quail on their land this winter. 



Parsippany. — 1 have no definite information as to how the 

 quail got through the winter, but some must have perished. 

 Some of us have tak n the precaution to feed and protect 

 several large bevies of quail, and have thus brought them 

 safely through the winter. 



Parsippany.— In this section there has been little, if any, 

 destruction of quail. In half a dozen places the birds have 

 been fed at different times. 



Pe.quanac— The winter had the effect of destroying the 

 game, more having been lulled than in previous winters 

 Forty per cent- of the birds died. A very few farmers fed 

 them. 



Pine Brook.— Almost half the game has been killed. 

 Greater destruction to game than for many years. 



Pine Brook.— The game in general has suffered a great 

 deal, especially quad aud rabbits. A. few quail would feed 

 around the farm yards. 



line Brook. The quail in my vicinity have not been in 

 jured a particle by the severity of the winter. The four or 

 five bevies in my neighborhood have a goodly number left 

 over for seed, and in my humble opinion it is the infernal 

 traps and not the winters with us that cause the diminution 

 of quail and grouse- There has beeu no crust this winter', 

 and a crust, thoughacceptable to a hungry man, to a hungry 

 quail is certain death. 



Pleasant, Grate.— The winter has been unusually severe on 

 the birds, and the destruction greater than in other years. 

 Nearly all have perished ; at least two-thirds. Many small 

 flocks have been fed Feed, in some instances, was carried 

 out to the roosting places. 



Pompton Plains.— The destruction of birds this winter has 

 been greater in this locality than in many years previous. I 

 have fed four flocks or parts of flocks, and twenty-two birds 

 are now living as a reward for my labor. I saw them last 

 week all well and strong. I have found a great mauy birds 

 dead in the snow. There are otrly about one-eighth of the 

 birds left now that there were at the end of the season. 



Boekaway.— The quail have suffered very much from cold 

 and snows; very few survivors. Some of our farmers and 

 residents have fed then), and have succeeded iu wintering a 

 few, in some cases only to have them killed by the pot- 

 hunters in this section. They kill all kiuds of gapie at all 

 seasons. The partridges have been almost exterminated. 



Uoekaway — Brush houses were made for the quail to feed 

 and hide in. When the snow was deep we went and fed the 

 birds. They would run out at our approach, and as soon as 

 the grain was thrown in they would return and feed. 



Bustie.—l consider the quail crop a total loss. Have tried 

 all winter to trap some, aud had otherB at it, but failed. 1 

 offered fifty cents apiece and could not get one. Have heard 

 of dead ones being found about here. A booby-owl dropped 

 dead here from cold and starvation, and two Acadian owls 



were killed and found to be on the verge of starvation— all 

 rare birds here. No winter has approached this in severity 

 in my time— forty years. 



Behooley's Hf&tmtaiA— Destruction of birds considerable; 

 estimated from one-half to three-quarters. Some quail were 

 fed. 



Bwkasunny. — The birds are doing pretty well under the 

 circumstances. Rabbits are plenty. 



Si/cfoimnny. —Quail are doing well under the circumstances. 

 Many farmers have kept a bevy about their buildings feeding 

 them. If the hatching season prove favorable there will be 

 a fair amount of birds next season. Mauy of my acquaint- 

 ances have been feeding them on the hillsides and in the 

 swamps. 



Buckamnny. — Quail have undoubtedly suffered this wtrter. 

 I know of a'few flocks that have wintered through, but can 

 find no trace of several others. The birds were fed by a few 

 parties. Hawks are unusually plenty. 



Whippany.— The winter was very severe on the birds. I 

 think thirty per cent, perished from cold and hawks. The 

 birds were fed. 



WMppany.— The farmers fed the quail. I do not think any 

 perished. 



BSSBX COUNTY. 



Belleville.— There were quite a uum ber of quail left in this 

 section at the close of the last season, but I fear the severe 

 weather of the past winter has completely destroyed them, 

 as the writer and a friend aft.er diligent search has been un- 

 able to find any trace of itxiir existence. 



Bloomjield.—We- have no game of any kind lef t uTthis 

 vicinity. 



Brookdale.— The winter was very severe on game m this 

 section. Birds are protected by cedars here. One fanner 

 was feeding twenty quail and sixteen out of the lot perished. 

 Some few birds and a good many rabbits were caught and 

 kept over. 



Caldwell.— One-third of the quail was winter-killed. Sev- 

 eral broods were fed and kept over. Partridges (ruffed 

 grouse) are quite plenty for this section. 



Livingston.— Game has suffered severely ; quail especially 

 have all died. 



Maidolair.—AB far as I can learn the quail and grouse of 

 this section have been nearly all destroyed. Quail suffered 

 from the intense cold and heavy snows, a number having 

 been found frozen. Can only learn of two parties feeding 

 quail this winter. Grouse are scarce, having been driven 

 away by the fires of the fall of 1879 ami spring of 1880; 

 prior to that they were pretty plenty. 



Montelair.— Several farmers have fed quail. One party 

 fed a covey of nine, and another party fed fifteen birds. I 

 have seen several partridges (ruffed grouse) that were frozen 

 to death. 



Boseland.—l have noticed somo of our residents feeding 

 the birds. Not noticed the loss more than usual. 



South Orange. — I have not been able to find out much 

 about the. effects of this severe winter on the quail. Several 

 have been found frozen and starved to death. In one case 

 five, quail and two ruffed grouse were found dead side by 

 side. Some of our sportsmen owning large places have pur- 

 chased quail and will let them out in the spring. I have 

 heard of no one feeding wild quail. 



Verona. — Quail are not abundant here. Only six bevys of 

 birds within a radius of two miles. The snows did not 

 drift, and the birds could run on the crust. Not many hunt- 

 ers stop here, as they go further in the Interior. Pheasants 

 (ruffed grouse) can be found alive. 



HUDSON COUNTY. 



Van BusMrk.— Meadow larks are the only birds about 

 here ; they have disappeared. 



HUNTEBDON COUNTY. 



Annandale. — One farmer reports he saw a flock of quail of 

 eighteen within a week ; another saw six since the last big 

 snow. With us the birds suffer from owls, hawks and little 

 gray foxes. One farmer says he had three flocks killed by 

 foxes last Autumn. No one feeds. 



Anthony.— About ninety per cent, of the quail has per- 

 ished. All the birds that could be found were fed. 



Antltony.- Seventy-five per cent, of the birds have been 

 frozen to death. 



Bethlehem.— -The severe cold weather and the snows have 

 caused the quail to perish. Nine-tenths of the birds have 

 disappeared since January 1. The farmers and sportsmen 

 have not fed to my knowledge. 



Bloomsburg.— The quail have been cared for by the farmers, 

 and I can safely say that not five per cent, have perished. 



Bloomsburg.— The only game left here were rabbits after the 

 shooting season closed. Cold weather does not injure them. 

 Quail and partridges are exterminated ; shot guns are too 

 cheap. 



Bloomsburg. —The game in this section has suffered a little. 

 During the extreme cold weather and while the feeding- 

 grounds were covered with snow myself and two or three 

 other lovers of quail suootiug selected each a bevy of quail, 

 which we looked after and fed every two days. 



C/ierryvitte.— There are plenty of rabbits left and quite some 

 quail and more grouse than in years. I think if each section 

 would take more pains to feed and care for birds there would 

 be more. It would be a good idea to get birds and stock the 

 the county with quail. 



Clinton.— Fully one-half the game has been destroyed. 

 Farmers fed the birds whenever they could find them. 



Coppm- Hill— I know of no farmers that fed the game. I 

 think some quail perished during the winter. 



FlemingUm.— Quite a number of birds have passed through 

 the winter safely. Some flocks were fed. 



Flemington.— The winter has not seemed to kill many of 

 the birds in this sectioir as they have lived around stacks and 

 barracks, and some have been fed by farmers. 



Lamberlmlle.— There were plenty of quail left for breede 

 at the end of the season, but now I do nbt believe there is 

 but one left in this section. 1 have killed the last 17 years 

 from 276 to 659 in a season, and a good'many pheasants 

 (ruffed grouse), but I think there will not be many killed 

 next fall. 



Lumbertvilh.— Most of the game birds left last fall. De- 

 struction no greater seemingly than other years. Hawks 

 have been more destructive" than the winter. Small per- 

 centage have perished. Very few farmers have fed birds, as 

 there are a very few birds to feed. We know of five bunches 

 around here, five to ten in a bunch. 



Lebanon.— The weather has had no effect on any birds in 

 this section, except that I hear of some quail being covered 

 by the snow drifts. 

 Lebanon.— Th* game is not injured about, hero. 

 Little York.— I am sorry to state, from experience, that the 



