THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



on the outside of the fish's body when it had struck my fly the second time 

 and been hooked in the extreme end of its lips and been gathered in. I 

 feel certain, from all the circumstances, that the wounded fish was the same 

 one that I had previously "raked," and this incident seems to me to prove 

 that this wound, which would have caused a fatal shock to a mammal or 

 bird, did not produce sufficient pain or discomfort to the fish to make it 

 suspend its active search for and seizure of food. 



The other similar incident which I referred to happened a number of 

 years ago on the Umatilla, and in that case the fish was wounded in a 

 slightly different part of its abdomen so that, instead of the stomach, the 

 liver was hanging outside the body when I took the trout in my hand to 

 take it from the hook. C. K. GEANSTON, 



Pendleton, Oregon. 



REPORTS ON GAME BIRDS LIBERATED. 



Good reports have come from various parts of the state concerning 

 the birds that were liberated from the state game farm early in the year. 



Mr. J. H. Booth, of Eoseburg, says that on the 2500-acre game refuge 

 where six pairs of Hungarian partridges were liberated they stayed about 

 the prune orchard and alfalfa field. When the alfalfa was cut the first 

 time they found two nests. When it was cut the second time they found 

 three nests. All the nests were preserved and the eggs hatched, and at 

 the present time they have five large coveys. 



One nest of Hungarian partridges which Eoy Booth saw contained 

 twenty eggs. This is a remarkably large setting. The largest previous 

 record was a nest of eighteen eggs near Salem. 



Mr. H. K. Hocked, of Yoncalla, Douglas county, reports that he fre- 

 quently sees the Eeeves ' pheasants which were liberated in that locality. 

 There were fifteen to twenty young birds in a flock which was seen during 

 the summer. 



J. B. Welch reports that he saw a covey of nine Hungarian partridges 

 on Cedar island between Portland and Oregon City on August 4. The birds 

 were quite small, showing that it was either a second hatching or a very 

 late brood. This is the second covey of Hungarian partridges that has 

 been seen in that locality. Another covey of twelve or fourteen was seen 

 near Jennings Lodge. 



On August 3, S. G. Jewett saw three Hungarian partridges near Eeed 

 college, all of which were mature birds. 



Mr. T. C. Queen, secretary of the Dufur Eod and Gun Club, says that 

 the Chinese pheasants liberated in his locality have done remarkably well 



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