THE GAME BREEDER 



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large area and the wilderness and rough- 

 ness of our mountains, it is hard to esti- 

 mate the number in the State. 



Grouse are reported very plentiful this 

 year and seem to be holding their own. 



Prairie chickens have been very 

 numerous in eastern New Mexico and 

 have done considerable damage to the 

 grain crops raised by the dry farmers 

 in that portion of the State. All kinds 

 of geese and ducks are very abundant. 

 ' This information is being given for 



the benefit of any of the game commis- 

 sioners present who may be interested 

 in obtaining specimens or breeding stock 

 of any of these birds. I shall be very 

 pleased to hear from them and to either 

 sell outright or exchange. 



I might also add that in a few days 

 there will be given out for publication 

 a comprehensive article dealing with this 

 subject, giving costs, etc., with particular 

 reference to conditions as they obtain in 

 New Mexico. 



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Male, Female and Young 



GAMBEL'S PARTRIDGE 



By Daniel Giraud Elliott, F. R. S. E., etc. 



(This article is from the Game Birds of North America. Since the Game Conservation 

 Society is attempting to introduce other birds on Long Island, N. Y., where they will be shot 

 this season, it will interest our readers no doubt.) — Editor. 



While disputing the palm for beauty 

 of dress and gallant appearance with its 

 relative, the California partridge, the 

 present species possesses all of the same 

 disagreeable traits when he is regarded 

 in the light of a game bird. In his legs 

 does he trust, and the rocky canons and 

 hillsides are his delight, and when met 

 with at the base of these often lofty and 



steeply ascending cliffs, instead of flying 

 as any well-mannered quail would do, 

 he runs with all his might, leaping from 

 stone to stone, dodging behind one 

 boulder after another until he becomes 

 a mere speck above one, or disappears 

 altogether. The range of this handsome 

 bird extends from western Texas, 

 through New Mexico and Arizona to 



