256 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
LATE NESTING OF CHINESE PHEASANTS 
Deputy Game Warden O. B. Parker, of McMinnville, reports that 
Mr, J. B. Shelton, who is a section hand along the railroad, found two 
Chinese pheasants’ nests on October 1; one contained 12 eggs and 
the other 13 eggs. Both sets of eggs were hatched out between 
October 6 and 10, with the exception of one egg in each nest which 
did not hatch. 
These records are exceedingly late for the nesting of Chinese. 
pheasants. The first and perhaps the second broods of these hens 
were destroyed by the. rains, which likely accounts for the very late 
nesting. 
Mr. Shelton reports that along the six-mile right of way which he 
had charge of he found thirteen different nests of the Chinese pheas- 
ants during the past season. 
Pheasants seem to have done better in the vicinity of McMinn- 
ville and surrounding country than in some other sections of the state. 
Mr. Parker reports that about twenty-five sportsmen around McMinn- 
ville got the limit the opening day. 
GAME CONDITIONS IN MALHEUR 
COUNTY 
By WaArpven H. L. Gray. 
Replying to your recent request for an article covering game 
conditions in Malheur County, I will endeavor briefly to quote a few 
interesting facts in connection with this great country which I have 
just begun to educate myself to. 
Malheur County differs from Washington County, where I was 
previously located, in many ways. First, it is nearly ten times the 
size, combining an area of 9883 square miles, and is the second largest 
county in the state, and is a country having the grandest and finest 
possibilities for the preservation, propagation and protection of game 
and fish of any place in Oregon. 
The game in Malheur ‘County consists of the following: Deer and 
antelope, wild ducks, geese, brant. and swan, blue grouse, sagehen, 
turtledoves, which are all natives of the country, the Chinese pheas-- 
ant and the bobwhite quail having been propagated. Both the two 
latter -are doing well and thriving. 
The finny tribe in Malheur River and its tributaries consist of 
mountain trout, steelhead and Chinook salmon, both of which run 
in the early spring. Bass and sturgeon can also be found in plentiful 
quantities in the Snake River. 
On my arrival here, I found an organization of sportsmen and 
local citizens who have organized themselves into the “Southeastern 
Oregon Association for the Propagation and Protection of Fish and 
Game.” The members of this association were ready and eager to 
assist the new game warden in every way possible, and I have found 
their assistance very valuable, as they have made special trips with 
me and we have gone over nearly two-thirds the entire county already. 
The two most important matters to be looked after in this county 
are the wild ducks and the salmon run. The Snake River, for two 
hundred miles bordering on Malheur County, is one vast breeding 
