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■maTkable. Georgetown Lake is now containing men like Judge Bickford and 



fairly alive with grayling, which afford E. P. Mathewson, who have so disin- 



rare sport to the Butte and Anaconda terestedly and zealously devoted their 



anglers. This lake is also well stocked time and best efforts towards making 



with cut-throat, rainbow and eastern Montana the best State in the Union for 



brook trout, and owing to the abundance those fond of the rod, gun and field 



of fresh water shrimp and other fish sports. 



food in the lake, there is no reason why Grayling fry have heretofore been 

 its reputation as a fishing resort should planted in several of the streams of Flat- 

 deteriorate, head county, but with what success we 



To Mr. E. P. Mathewson, chairman of are unable to say. Nearly three years 



the game and fish commission, more than ago. Grayling fry were planted in Bitter 



any other, is justly due the credit for Root Lake near Marion and to-day many 



the fish prosperity in Georgetown Lake, grayling are being caught in this lake. 



Hon. Walter M. Bickford, of Missou- Owing to the success of the grayling 

 la, also a member of the fish and game in Georgetown as well as Bitter Root 

 commission, has written a very interest- Lake, it is believed desirable to stock our 

 ing article about the Montana grayling lakes with grayling as well as trout, 

 which was published in the last annual hence the large consignment of grayling 

 report of the American Fisheries society, just received from the Anaconda hatch- 

 The anglers of Montana are indebted to ery will be planted in the lakes of Flat- 

 Mr. Bickford for the good work he has head county, and it is the purpose of the 

 accomplished in the matter of stocking game and fish commission to keep the 

 the waters of Montana with trout and waters of Flathead county well stocked 

 grayling, and it is with much gratifica- with grayling as well as other desirable 

 tion to the writer to serve upon a board fish. 



THE MOUNTAIN QUAIL. 



By Harold C. Bryant. 



The mountain quail, sometimes known tain quail occurs about springs well out 



as the plumed quail or mountain part- on to the desert. 



ridge, is the largest and most beautiful From other quail found in California 

 of all the members of the quail family the mountain quail may be distinguished 

 found in North America. The bird is by its large size, rich chestnut throat and 

 found throughout the mountainous dis- flanks, sides broadly banded with white, 

 tricts of California from the Oregon line and by the long crest plume made up of 

 to the Maxican line. Along the north- two jet black feathers. Whereas the 

 west coast region this quail is of a darker crest of the valley quail hangs over the 

 color and is, therefore, considered a dif- bill, that of the mountain quail is either 

 ferent variety. This coast form is erect or pointed backward. The two 

 usually called the mountain quail by sexes of the mountain quail are so near 

 scientists, whereas the one found in the alike that the two are hard to separate 

 Sierras is called the plume quail. As a unless a close view of the crest can be 

 rule the mountain quail of the Sierras had. The crest of the female is con- 

 dwells above 5,000 feet altitude, but dur- siderably shorter. 



ing the winter season it is found lower The mating season begins the latter 



down and sometimes even associated part of March or the first of April. By 



with valley quail. The coast form dwells May nests are to be found. They are 



at much lower altitudes. On the eastern constructed of leaves, pine needles or 



bases of the southern ranges the moun- grass placed in a small depression and 



