M4HOH21, 1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



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MorywtUfy. — There were a large number of birds left over 

 at the expiration of the gunning Benson. I think when it 

 conies time for them to mate, and separate from the Hocks 

 then: will lie some. Several lots were fed. 



AW Bedford.— Seventy-five per cent, of our quail are dead. 

 The only birds living are those ted by the farmers. I know 

 of a great many rabbits that have been found dead. 



Ocean Beach. — The cold weather and snow have killed most 

 all of the game. 



Oceanic,.— Quail all frozen. From all accounts there will 

 be very few birds this spring. The farmers fed and took 

 care of all they could find. Meadow larks all frozen and 

 starved out, 



PerrineriUt. — At the least ninety per cent, of the quail 

 have perished. In consequence of the extremely cold 

 weather the birds have been exterminated in our immediate 

 neighborhood. 



^fcPort Monmouth. — Frorn accounts and my own knowledge 

 the quail have suffered severely, There were two large 

 flocks about my place early in January, and a month later 

 there were but two birds to be seen. Now, none to be seen, 

 nor any tracks on the snow. I thiuk nearly 10(1 per eeii t. 

 perished. Small birds died in great numbers. We had fifty - 

 dne days of sleighing. 



Port Monmouth.— The quail and ruffed grouse have suffer- 

 ed in our section. I think fifty per cent, of the quail have 

 perished, also meadow larks. I think the other game is all 

 right. Several flocks have been fed. 



Red Hank. — Some birds left for seed. Farmers have fed 

 them. 



Hhrewshory.—Fvoxa what I am able to learn quail have 

 fared badly, Only the few have survived that have ventured 

 to take shelter near the farm buildings and fed with the 

 poultry. 



Southard.— The cold weather and heavy snows have killed 

 almost a'l the quail; only nine birds left, and they were fed by 

 the farmers. We have not had so many birds killed in years". 

 The doves ate dead and the rabbits have suffered considera 

 bly. 



Spring Lake.— The cold has done greater damage than for 

 five years. An estimate of fifty per cent, of the birds have 

 perished. 



(Spring Lake,— Abotit. fifty per cent, of the quail have per- 

 ished. They have had but little care from any one. 



Tinton Fulls. — Quail have suffered to a great extent; about 

 one-half have perished. Partridge about one-fourth. We 

 cannot notice any decrease in rabbits. Small birds have also 

 Buffered very mucb, 



turkey— The eiffeotof the snow and cold weather has been 

 very severe ou the game. Most all the quail have been 

 killed. Hardly any escaped. There have been a few kept 

 over by being fed. At, least seventy-five per cent, are dead. 



WidnforS. — I am sorry to slate that, the winter has worked 

 great destruction among the quail. There seemed to be mote 

 thsiri usual at the close of the season, but on account of the 

 depth of the snow it, was impossible to hunt them to feed. I 

 have heard of but few bevies being fed. Fully four-fifths 

 have been killed. 



KCraiNGTON OOTJNTY. 



Alston.— Qoe half of the quail have perished. We have fed 

 them as well as we could. The severe winter has had a 

 very disastrous effect upon the quail. 



Beverly. — The cold and snow last winter have had a very 

 damaging effect on the game in this section. The destruc- 

 tion of game has been greater than in any one winter for the 

 past ten years. Whole bevies have been suowed under. 

 Seventy-five per cent, would hardly cover the loss. As the 

 birds were caught in the early snowdrifts, the farmers had 

 but few opportunities to feed. 



Beverly. — There is but little game iu our vicinity to be de- 

 stroyed. Sorry I cannot give you auy information. 



BordenPnm,—T\\e past wiutrr has been very severe on 

 what game we have around here, find what was left at the 

 commencement of the- winter, I am s f raid, has been utterly 

 destroyed. At least the farmers say that since the snow has 

 disappeared they have not seen a quail. We have no grouse, 

 at least not iu this neighborhood. The prevailing opiuion is 

 that very few if any quail are left alive, as numbers of dead 

 ones have been found starved to death. 



Bridgeborough. — Last winter was severe on the game. The 

 destruction of quail has been noticeably greater than in past 

 years. The farmers have fed in a very few instances. 



Burlington. — There are very few quail left over in this 

 neighborhood. Have heard of one farmer feeding eleven 

 birds all winter. I believe at least 75 per cent, of the birds 

 perished. The winter was noticeably severe on rabbits; a 

 great many have been found frozen and starved to death. 

 " Burlington. — I find that the quail have been almost exter- 

 minated this winter in this neighborhood. But toward the 

 Pines they have fared better, owing to the quantity of un- 

 husked corn, and the cover afforded by the Pines protected 

 them from the hawks. The farmers are beginning to feed 

 the birds, as many of them own breech-loaders and are good 

 shots, 



Crosswicks. — From what I can learn the quail have suffered 

 a great deal in some localities. Many were raised around 

 hero last summer, but most of them left here early in the 

 autumn for the Jersey Pines and the seacoast. Farmers 

 here (with few exceptions) are grangers and care nothing for 

 the birds. 



Crosswicks. —I have known of but one covey of quail being 

 saved. Dozens of flocks perished. One farmer had five 

 coveys ; they were all frozen. Other game is all right. 



JM(jmw>. — There, were a few of the birds fed." All the 

 birds that were left to seek their own food and shelter froze. 

 A portion of the quail that was fed perished. 



Dekmco. — There is scarcely any birds in this section. A 

 recruit will be needed. There has been great, destruction 

 among game. 



Fellowship. — The snow and cold have caused many quiil 

 to perish ; 1 have not seen or heard of any this spring" The 

 farmers did not feed the birds. The way the young fruit 

 trees look leads me to thiuk the rabbits must have fed them- 

 selves. 



Fellowship. — It is the common belief that the quail were 

 generally killed bv the snow. I know of none that were 

 fed. 



Fieklsborough. — This has been a very hard winter on game. 

 Hundreds of quail and grouse have starved to death. It will 

 be fully five years before we have any birds here. The 

 farmeisdld all in their power to save the birds from death 

 There seem to be plenty of rabbits. 



Florence. —We occasionally hoar of flocks or parts of flocks 

 of quail being frozen. One farmer fed a flock all winter. 



Jloi/usjiori — Fully two-thirds of the quail perished last- 

 winter. There were a few flocks led. I think most of the. 

 rabbits have survived. Other winters seldom had any effect 

 on rat game. 



Hainesport— There are fewer birds left in our section than 

 ever before. Fifty per cent, must have perished. A few 

 flocks of quail have been fed by the farmers. 



Hartford.— I think that at, least, 75 per cent, of the quail 

 perished. I am only acquainted with a few instances where 

 birds were fed, 



IndionMills.— Game in this sectlOfi has perished very 

 much. Quail, 75 per cent.; pheasants, 50 per cent.: rabbits, 

 86 rer cent. About one out of everv four farmers have fed. 



Jobitown-.— What With heavy snOWS and hawks the birds 

 have had a hard time this winter. J hear of many being 

 found frozen, particularly the birds hatched late in the 

 season. On one farm of 1,500 acres we employ a game- 

 keeper and assistant, to kill hawks, of which we have already 

 destroyed a large number, and to feed daily the quail on our 

 farms and our neighbors'. Many of the flocks left last fall 

 have thus been preserved. 



Julius-town.— The extreme cold weather has been very 

 severe on the quail. Many have been frozen to death. Some 

 few were fed. 



Lower Bank.— Quail have been found dead by the flocks. 

 The effect of I he cold has been very severe. Residents have 

 tried to feed the game, 



Lumherton. — It is said by the public of this neighborhood 

 that 50 per cent, of the game has perished on account of the 

 co'd weather. 



Mar/ton.— One-half of the game has died in consequence 

 of the cold. The partridge (quail ?) have suffered the most. 



Marlt/in. — The destruction of game has been greater than 

 for years. 



Medford. — The winter was unusually severe on the game. 

 Some of the farmers fed the birds. 



Moorestou-n —Many birds have been fed regularly by 

 farmers. I think the destruction has been greater than the 

 average. Not so many are destroyed by cold as by want of 

 of food and exposure to hawks. Should judge One-fourth 

 have perished. 



Moorestown. — I am sorry to say that the heavy snows have 

 almost exterminated the quail. I know of but one covey of 

 eight or nine left iu this section. A few fanners lake an in- 

 terest iu preserving game, generally those who are sportsmen. 



New Linton — Many of the quail and pheasants (ruffed 

 grouse) have been destroyed, so said, by the severe winter. 

 Our principal gunner says there is plenty of seed left, for he 

 has seen birds. 



Pemberton. — We find our quail stock diminished at least 

 80 per cent, more than in the last twenty years, many, very 

 uiany coveys being found frozen on their roosts, under the 

 snow, others dead on the crust. Quite a. number of birds 

 were fed bv the fanners, some few going through. Hawks 

 and mink' killed some. We don't feci encouraged to train 

 our pups. Wo had more quail last December than usual. 



VoinUoitie. — I have fed twenty-seven quail all winter, and 

 others have done their best to save the birds. 



Rivertojl— -The farmers fed the came birds iu this locality; 

 no birds, to the best of my knowledge,, have perished. 



Shgmong.- Fight out of ten quail have frozen to death. 

 One person fed two flocks, but the last storm killed them nil. 

 Pheasants (ruffed grouse') are most all destroyed. 



Ti/l-esville.—Onci-th'vA'ot the birds have died. Several 

 persons fed the quail all winter. 



Tuckerton. — Though we have had n very hard winter 

 game has not suffered, greatly owing to the pains the farmers 

 have taken in feeding and caring for them. VVc shall have 

 good gunning the coming season. The percentage that per- 

 ished was small. 



Tuckerton. -Lung Beach is on an island; we have no game 

 birds here. 



Wading River.— I should say eight out of ten quail arc 

 dead about here, and in the Pines nine. Pheasants (ruffed 

 grouse) have fared better. 



OCEAN COUNTY. 



Bomber,— This is quite a small place in the Pines ; but- 

 previous to the snow we had several tine flocks of quail ; since 

 then can hear of only six birds being seen. About thirty per 

 cent, of the rabbits have been killed, The grouse have not, 

 been destroyed, as they feed on the cedar buds. 



Oawm— Very few birds have been left alive. Kabbits 

 and squirrels very scarce. Very few quail were fed. The 

 ruffed grouse have done much better t ban other game. 



CoUn-r's Mill.— -The cold winter has killed all 'the quail and 

 a large amount of rabbits, and much of all other game. 



Cottier's MM.— Thvre are no quail left, although we had 

 plenty until the deep snows. Rabbits froze iu their beds in 

 great numbers. Worst winter for years. 



Forked River. —The heavy snow storm on December 98 

 covered the ground for two months. Fifty per cent, of the 

 birds perished during that time. Few persons fed. 



HorneM.own. — The cold and snow of the past winter have 

 almost totally destroyed the birds in this section of the coun- 

 try. The destruction has been decidedly grea'er than in 

 former years. I should think ninety percent, of the birds 

 have perished. Not much interest was displayed by the 

 sportsmen and farmers. I went out twice— race when the 

 first heavy snowfell — and found traces of birds ; butalter the 

 next snow I could find no more birds. One bevy bad ten 

 birds in it and at the close of the season, only two were left. 



Island heights.— '\'\w. game in thissectionis about the same 

 as usual. 



Manohiwkiu. — The cold and snow have hsd more effect on 

 game this winter than before. The percentage of birds 

 destroyed must be large. Fully fifty per cent, of quail, larks 

 and doves have perished. A few persons have fed the birds. 



Btaifordvilk. — The quail have .suffered more than any other 

 birds.' Over one half have died from the cold and snows. 

 Some of the farmers did feed them with grain. Phoasanta 

 have fared about the same. Rabbits suffered some. Ninc- 

 tentbs of the meadow larks are, dead. 



Toms Riser. — Quail are very scarce about here this spring. 

 On the place where 1 live, and where they were quite plenty 

 last spring, I have not seen one since the snow storms. Plenty 

 of rye has been sown for their benefit if they were there to 

 cat it. On a 1 rrgefarm Of mine, three miles from here, there 

 are twenty-five or thirty quail that have wintered all right, 

 but great care lias been taken to feed them. This is as the 

 case stands on my own grounds. I hear of quite a number 

 of farmers who fed the quail, but probably a majority of 

 them thought they had enough to do to feed themselves. 

 There will be a few birds left for seed. 



Toms Bkef.— Considering the severity of the weather quail 

 have wintered remarkably well in this section. Have heard 

 a few instances of their being found frozen, but the majority 

 have lived through. A few sportsmen have scattered grain 

 for the birds which were not snowed under. The snow 

 drifted so much that it left plenty of bare ground. Hawks 

 are very numerals. 



Von Wsevilk.- 1 think fully fifty per cent, of the birds 

 have perished. Some few have been fed. 



West Creek.— Tup. destruction of game has been greater 

 than for years before. In a few instances the farmers have 

 fed the quail. About sixty per cent, of them have been 

 killed bv the snows. 



Wheatland.— I think a very large proportion of quail and 

 pheasants (ruffed grouse) are killed, and nearly one-half of 

 the rabbits. 



Whiting.— Probably two-thirds of the quail— which were 

 unusually plentiful last fall— have perished A few flocks 

 were fed. 



CAMDEN COUNTY. 



Ateo.— The winter was very severe on the game. The 

 quail suffered from cold, deep snows, want of food, gravel 

 and water. Some farmers fed. The loss has been greater 

 than in many years. 



A tco. —Have not seen any email since the snow. I had a 

 lot of corn in the shuck that the show caught out, and the 

 birds helped themselves to it. 



Berlin.— The winter has been extremely hard upon the 

 game. It has killed most of the quail. The farmers tried to 

 feed I hem as much as they could, but still they have perished. 

 Many rabbits have died from starvation. 



Bktckwoodtown.— There was a number of quail and rabbits 

 left last fall, but the winter killed one-half of the quail and 

 one-fifth of the rabbits. Some bunches of quail were fed. 

 The destruction was the greatest in many years. 



Camden.— The injury to game in our section, resulting 

 from last winter's snows, has been slight. The snows do not 

 seriously affect game in Souih Jersey, and feed is plenty. 



Croooer's Fill-Too close to the city of Camden for birds. 



(ttgwesier ('/<#.— Quail were very plenty up to the second 

 big snow. After that they began to get scarce, and the 

 farmers would find coveys of from five to fifteen dead- - 

 frozen in the snow. That is the talk at the stores— " So •and- 

 So found so man v in his swamp, dead." Farmers had to feed 

 out their corn stalks, and that stopped a good deal of picking 

 for the birds. 



HnddonJicld.—FnUy fiftyper cent, of the game has perished 

 by cold and starvation, and about ten per cent, of the small 

 birds. The game was feel when found. 



SirMWlk'.— Most of the birds, if not, all, perished in the 

 snow, a very uncommon thing with us. I have yet to hear 

 of the first bird survivor. 'J he farmers were prevented from 

 feeding by the snow. There have only been six caged birds 

 wintered about this section. 



S/.ring Milk.— From what I know and can learn very few 

 birds and rabits have been left over. Whole flocks have been 

 found frozen to death. I have never known the destruction 

 to be anything like as bad. Seventy-five per cent, have per- 

 ished. Only "one farmer has fed birds, and that a small 

 covey. 



mUrford Work*.— I think a much larger percentage of the 

 quail have perished than usual. Cannot estimate percentage. 

 Birds have been fed when practicable. Other game has not 

 suffered as much. 



Wnterford Works.— There was a large number of quail 

 here before the snow. I have seen but one since the snow, 

 and that came by itself. I fed it daily until the snow was 

 gone. It will be years before there are as many again. 



GLOTTOBSTEU OOTTNTV. 



Almonesson.—Tha destruction of birds has been greater 

 this winter than I ever knew in this section. About half 

 have died. The farmers saved some. Rabbits are as thick 

 as ever. Pheasants (ruffed grouse) have not been killed to 

 any extent. 



OforJcsborougth— The weather hap been very severe on the 

 quail and rabbits. A few bevies have been found frozen to 

 death and also dead Tabbits have been found. There are a 

 few quail left, also a few rabbits. I have seen two small 

 bevies in our vicinity. 



Ctarksboroogh.— In regard to game iu this vicinity, I would 

 say that there has been a great number of quail frozen to 

 death, although I tried to prevent it myself. With the help 

 of a few farmers we have taken bundles of wheat in the 

 straw and placed in the localities where the birds were apt 

 to come and feed. I have the pleasure to know that we have 

 a few left for seed. 



Five Points.— I would say two-thirds of the birds have per- 

 ished this last winter. Some of the farmers did feed, but it 

 did not save the quail. 



Fire Point*.— Two-thirds of the quail have been destroyed, 

 although many tried to care for them. 



Glassborough.—Tke. most, severe winter we have ever had. 

 A few ruffed grouse and a very few quail are left. Nine- 

 tenths of the quail perished. We had more quail left last 

 season than I ever knew : the shooting was very good, but it 

 looks as if it would be years before we have such sport again. 



Gkissborongh.—B'wAs are gone, I wintered a few and four- 

 teen lived over in a barn. Farmers tried to feed the quail. 

 Time are a few rabbits and pheasants (ruffed grouse) left. 



tiarrixontiUU — The. winter has been an exceptionally se- 

 vere one. Loss in game unusually heavy ; should think one- 

 half have perished." Farmers have generally fed them. Have 

 heard no talk of the West, Jersey Game Pro. Society. 



Furfvillc.- In some parts of this section the farmers have 

 cared for the birds, but, notwithstanding, the destruction has 

 been at least at the rate of fifty per cent. 



Janvier.— At least eighty per cent, of the quail have lost 

 their lives from the severe winter. I believe the farmers 

 tried to feed the birds. 



Ji'ferson, — The extreme cold weather and snows have de- 

 stroyed 90 percent, of the birds. The few that now live 

 were saved bv the farmers and residents. 



Malaga.— I am sorry td say that little interest was taken 

 in this section by sportsmen and farmers. The quail Buffered 

 very much in this section. 



Malaga. — This has been the most destructive winter on 

 quail in this section for twenty-five years. The quail were 

 very wild, and did not come to the buildings, as in old limes. 

 Feed did little good, as it snowed almost, every day. I saved 

 about one dozen. We have probably about fifty left in and 

 about here. Rabbits are plenty. Larks are all gone. 



Rwcdesliorough. — J5arrners fed the birds to the best of their 

 lability, aud with all of their efforts to save them they per- 

 ished—fifty per cent. 



Turrurseille.— The cold and snow has been harder on game 

 than was ever before known. About seventy-five per cent, 

 perished. The farmers tried to feed the quail 



Union rill. -.— The birds in this section have all perished ex- 

 cept ten, which I have kept throughout the winter. I know 

 of no living birds. I have four cocks aud six hens. Have 

 been all over the fields and woods and cannot find a live 

 bird, but, have found dead ones. 



Wmonah. -From the best iu formation which 1 can gain, 



most, of the game mentioned, in this region, has perished. 



There may be say ten per cent, of last fall's stock alive. A 



i a iters tried to feed them, I had a covey of eighteen 



