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VOL. XL 



AUGUST, 1917 



No. 5 



The- Object op this magazine- is 



TO Make- North Am erica the 5iggest 



iGahe Producing Country in the World 



A Half-Breed. Masked Quail— Bobwhite 



This interesting bird, evidently a hybrid or cross between the 

 common bobwhite and the black throated or masked quail, was 

 shot by Mr. H. Herrick, November, 1903, at the Flanders Club, 

 Long Island, N. Y. 



The feathers on the neck show the red peculiar to the masked 

 quail and the throat is black in front. The entire white throat 

 area of the bobwhite is replaced by black feathers in the 

 masked quail. Some true masked quail were shot near Manor, 

 Long Island, N. Y., but unfortunately they were not preserved. 



The masked quail is a southwestern species, probably extinct 

 in the United States. The Game Conservation Society proposes 

 to restore it as a sporting bird. 





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