THE GAME BREEDER 



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More About the Massena Quail. 



iMr. W. H. Pigg, one of our Colorado 

 members, writes : 



I have just finished the article on mas- 

 sena quail in the March number of the 

 Game Breeder and I will add my expe- 

 rience and observations of the little bird. 



I have found them in west Texas in 

 the vicinity of Sanderson ; in the Santa 

 Rosa mountains of the state of Coahuila, 

 Mexico, and in the Sierre Madre moun- 

 tains, in both Chihuahua and Sonora 

 states. As I have only hunted in the 

 mountains in these different localities I 

 cannot say whether they are found in 

 the lower or level parts or not. 



In the article reference is made to 

 their food being principally insects, I 

 have examined the crops of several in 

 each locality where I have found them 

 and have always observed them to con- 

 tain bulbs of a certain onion-like plant. 



I find them very gentle and they take 

 cover and lay closer than the bob-white 

 and they are a little smaller in size ; the 

 breast and back are speckled not un- 

 like the guinea fowl and they make a 

 noise much like the latter. 



I have a mounted pair in my collection 

 which I shot on my first hunting trip 

 in Mexico. 



Yours very truly, 



W. H. Pigg. 

 Colorado. 



Decoy Owls. 



The Minnesota Game and Fish De- 

 partment recommends the use of decoy 

 owls for crow and hawk shooting. These 

 owls can be procured from Fred Sauter, 

 taxidermist, 42 Bleecker street. New 

 York. All game shooting clubs and pre- 

 serve owners should have a decoy owl. 

 It will produce some lively shooting and 

 will save a lot of game birds. 



We are strongly in favor of big pub- 

 lic parks where the public can shoot. If 

 the sportsmen who are interested in game 

 breeding will form game shooting clubs 

 to rent the shooting on many of the 

 posted farms and the state will properly 

 look after the game on public lands and 

 waters, including parks especially pro-. 



vided for shooting, soon there will be 

 an abundance of game for all hands. 



It seems absurd to talk about shooting 

 only for dukes and lords. We are inter- 

 ested in many game shooting clubs with 

 small dues and those who wish to do so 

 should sell some of the game produced 

 in order to help pay their expenses. 



The game protection society which 

 will rent some of the posted farms and 

 provide shooting for its members will 

 find it is quite as easy to have more game 

 as it is to have more game laws. 



The more we think about it the more 

 we become convinced that too much time 

 and effort are devoted to securing more 

 laws and sot enough time and effort are 

 given to producing more game. 



Movements of Keepers. 



J. H. Wise has gone to the Long Isl- 

 and Game Breeders Association; Mrs. 

 Simpson remains as housekeeper. Wm. 

 Butler has gone to the Kings County 

 game farm in Washington. Ralf Lee 

 goes to the Outpost farm. A good lot 

 of game will be produced at all the 

 places no doubt. 



Game keepers changing their situa- 

 tions should give prompt notice to the 

 magazine in order that their new address 

 can appear on our mailing list. 



"Yours for more game and fewer 

 game laws" often appears at the end of 

 letters received by the Game Breeder. 



Crows. 



Mr. A. H. Berwald in Du Pont Mag- 

 azine tells about a man in Bradford, 

 Pa., who was able to call crows within 

 easy range by imitating the hooting of 

 an owl. The decoy owl made to attract 

 crows also certainly does the work. A 

 man who can imitate the hoot of the owl 

 should be especially fatal in connection 

 with the stuffed decoy. 



Many men can call crows simply by 

 imitating their cawing. The keeper at 

 the Climax Kennel Club was very good 

 at calling crows and the editor of the 

 Game Breeder saw him call a crow from 

 a great distance and shoot it within easy 

 range. The imitation of the hoot of an 



