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THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



On the Cole Eefuge southwest of Joseph, Mr. George Cole reports 

 twenty-seven birds feeding with his hogs. County Commissioner W. P. 

 Newby reports three coveys of about forty birds. Twenty-four pheasants 

 were released here in 1913. John Hayes has reported seventeen birds, while 

 Walter Boner has twenty-six pheasants feeding with his sheep. On the 

 Wilson Eefuge north of Joseph, Mr. Paul Wilson reports thirteen feeding 

 with his cattle. Carl Whitmore has twenty-nine birds about his place. 

 Twenty-six or twenty-eight were liberated there in 1912. Charles Crow has 

 two flocks about his place, but he did not know just how many birds. 

 Bob Shinn has about sixty birds; twenty-eight of these were liberated dur- 

 ing the past fall; the balance are birds liberated in 1913. Charles Vest 

 reports six birds, while on the Wells ranch there are about thirty. Jacob 

 Bauers says there are about a hundred pheasants about his place. Twelve 

 were liberated in 1912 and twenty-six birds were liberated in 1913. About 

 the grain warehouse at Enterprise, Mr. Leffel saw twelve hens and three 

 cocks. 



On the Wade and Fitzpatriek refuge there are twenty-five birds, all 

 liberated in 1913. At the Lostine refuge on the Evans ranch and the land 

 adjoining, Mr. Cliff Evans estimates there are about ninety pheasants, 

 twenty-six of which were liberated in 1912 and the same number in 1913. 

 At William Hunter's place, thirty-four of these birds have been feeding 

 with his stock. These birds range about his place and on the adjoining 

 ranch. At the Tulley place it is estimated there are about a hundred 

 pheasants. Twenty-six were liberated in 1912 and twenty-four in 1913. 



Mr. Leffel believes that at the present time there are more than a 

 thousand of these pheasants in Wallowa county as a result of liberations 

 made there during the past two seasons. He attributes the success of the 

 pheasants in this county to the interest among the farmers in protecting 

 these birds and feeding them during the winter. 



In addition to the increase of Chinese pheasants, there is a noticeable 

 increase of prairie chickens in Wallowa County during the past two seasons. 



NOTES BY THE WAY. 



By 

 C. F. HODGE. 

 On the lakes in western Lane county, there were, April third, a few 

 Mallard and Canvas-backs and several small flocks of Bluebills, Teals and 

 Buffle-heads. Here are natural breeding grounds for all kinds of ducks, 

 but all those questioned about it claimed that only the Mallard nested in 

 that region. If this is true, it is probably due to lack of natural food for 

 the other species. In fact, no wild rice or wild celery was seen. If these 

 and other water plants known to attract waterfowl could be grown there, 

 we might induce the Canvas-backs and other species to remain and nest. One 



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