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  BOBWHITE 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  QUAILS 
  OF 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  abundant 
  in 
  California, 
  and 
  the 
  quail 
  often 
  eats 
  from 
  1.000 
  to 
  1,600 
  

   of 
  the 
  little 
  corkscrew 
  seeds 
  at 
  a 
  meal. 
  It 
  affords 
  13.38 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  

   the 
  year's 
  food, 
  and 
  26.70 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  June 
  diet. 
  (Fig. 
  5.) 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  miscellaneous 
  weeds 
  comprise 
  17.11 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  

   food. 
  Among 
  the 
  species 
  included 
  are 
  pigweed 
  ( 
  Chenopodium 
  al- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  7. 
  — 
  Seed 
  of 
  chickweed 
  {Alsine 
  media). 
  (From 
  Bull. 
  

  

  periment 
  Station. 
  | 
  

  

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  Agricultural 
  Ex 
  

  

  bum), 
  rough 
  pigweed 
  [Amaranihus 
  retroflexus) 
  , 
  and 
  black 
  mustard 
  

   (Brassica 
  nigra) 
  (fig. 
  6) 
  — 
  especially 
  obnoxious 
  in 
  grain 
  fields 
  — 
  and 
  

   the 
  closely 
  related 
  weed, 
  wild 
  radish 
  (Raphanus 
  sativus). 
  Seeds 
  of 
  

   shepherd's 
  purse 
  {Bursa 
  bursa-pastoris) 
  and 
  of 
  other 
  cruciferous 
  

  

  Fig. 
  8. 
  — 
  Seed 
  of 
  Geranium 
  disseetum. 
  

  

  (From 
  Bull. 
  4' 
  

   Station.) 
  

  

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  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  

  

  plants 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  silene 
  and 
  the 
  chickweeds 
  (Ceras- 
  

   tium 
  sp. 
  and 
  Alsine 
  media) 
  (fig. 
  7). 
  Geranium 
  seeds 
  (fig. 
  8) 
  

   a 
  re 
  so 
  much 
  relished 
  that 
  often 
  300 
  or 
  400 
  are 
  eaten 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  Two 
  

   closely 
  related 
  plants, 
  miner's 
  lettuce 
  (Montia 
  perfoliate^) 
  and 
  red 
  

  

  Fig. 
  9. 
  — 
  Seed 
  of 
  sorrel 
  (Rumc. 
  

  

  aettoseUa). 
  (From 
  Bull. 
  47, 
  Nevada 
  Agricultural 
  Ex- 
  

   periment 
  Station.) 
  

  

  maids 
  (Calandrinia 
  menziesii), 
  bear 
  minute 
  shiny 
  black 
  seeds 
  that 
  

   often 
  are 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  thousand. 
  The 
  little 
  seeds 
  of 
  red 
  sorrel 
  (Ru- 
  

   mex 
  acetosella) 
  (fig. 
  9) 
  and 
  curled 
  dock 
  (Rumex 
  crispus) 
  are 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  taken 
  in 
  almost 
  as 
  large 
  numbers. 
  Seeds 
  of 
  chess 
  (Bromus 
  

  

  