﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  Introduction 
  7 
  

  

  The 
  bobwhite 
  ( 
  Colinus 
  virginianus) 
  9 
  

  

  Call 
  notes 
  . 
  10 
  

  

  Breeding 
  habits 
  11 
  

  

  General 
  habits 
  . 
  13 
  

  

  Bobwhite 
  as 
  an 
  ally 
  of 
  the 
  farmer 
  14 
  

  

  Bobwhite 
  as 
  an 
  asset 
  of 
  the 
  farm 
  15 
  

  

  Bobwhite 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  16 
  

  

  Bobwhite 
  as 
  an 
  object 
  of 
  sport 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  16 
  

  

  Esthetic 
  value 
  of 
  bobwhite 
  '. 
  17 
  

  

  Decrease 
  of 
  bobwhite 
  18 
  

  

  Legislation 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  bobwhite 
  19 
  

  

  Measures 
  for 
  preservation 
  and 
  propagation 
  20 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  I 
  27 
  

  

  Grain 
  as 
  focd 
  28 
  

  

  Weed 
  seeds 
  as 
  food 
  . 
  31 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  weed 
  seeds 
  eaten 
  34 
  

  

  Mast 
  and 
  pine 
  seeds 
  as 
  food 
  35 
  

  

  Fruit 
  as 
  food 
  35 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  fruits 
  eaten 
  37 
  

  

  Leaves 
  and 
  buds 
  as 
  food 
  ■_ 
  _ 
  37 
  

  

  Insects 
  as 
  food 
  37 
  

  

  Beetles 
  eaten 
  38 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  beetles 
  eaten 
  41 
  

  

  Bugs 
  eaten 
  42 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  bugs 
  eaten 
  43 
  

  

  Grasshoppers 
  and 
  allied 
  insects 
  eaten 
  43 
  

  

  Caterpillars 
  eaten 
  44 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  caterpillars 
  eaten 
  45 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  animal 
  food 
  . 
  . 
  45 
  

  

  Food 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  45 
  

  

  Masked 
  bobwhite 
  ( 
  Colinus 
  ridgwayi) 
  46 
  

  

  California 
  quail 
  (Lophortyx 
  californicus) 
  47 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  49 
  

  

  Insect 
  and 
  other 
  animal 
  food 
  49 
  

  

  Vegetable 
  food 
  50 
  

  

  Fruit 
  50 
  

  

  Grain 
  51 
  

  

  Leaves 
  52 
  

  

  Weed 
  seeds 
  52 
  

  

  Food 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  55 
  

  

  Gambel 
  quail 
  (Loph 
  ortyx 
  gambeli) 
  56 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  57 
  

  

  Mountain 
  quail 
  (Oreortyx 
  pictus) 
  58 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  59 
  

  

  Scaled 
  quail 
  ( 
  Callipepla 
  squamata) 
  61 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  61 
  

  

  Mearns 
  quail 
  ( 
  Cyrtonyx 
  montezumce 
  mearnsi) 
  63 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  63 
  

  

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