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Hybred Quail. A cross of Bobwhite and Blue or Scaled Quail. 



IMPORTING QUAIL FROM MEXICO. 



By Frank Kent, M.D. 



I am sending you a bunch of photo- 

 graphs for your magazine showing quail 

 crates and a railway car full of Mexican 

 quail. 



I went in an automobile into Mexico 

 to locate the quail and was told I could 

 get all I wished. The natives, however, 

 were afraid to do the trapping, since it 

 was the custom of soldiers to rob trav- 



elers, especially the venders of truck. 

 I was obliged to make excursions two 

 or three times a week to the dififerent 

 places where the trapping was being 

 done. 



The traps used by the natives are 

 Fig. 4 traps, made of cornstalks tied 

 with sisal. Numerous horsehair loops 

 are attached to the trigger so that they 



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"More Quail " To be e.vact, 6044 Bobwhitcs crated and ready (or shipment. 



