THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



during the past season. He reports seeing one flock of eighteen young 

 birds. 



Dr. L. E. Hibbard, of Burns, who recently visited his old home, eleven 

 miles east of Salem, says that on September 7 he saw a bobwhite quail 

 with a covey of young birds that were not more than one day old. The 

 chicks were so small that they were hardly able to scuttle away in the 

 grass. This is a very late record for the hatching of game birds. 



Many reports came in during the latter part of July and the first pait 

 of August telling of Chinese pheasant chicks that had been found, showing 

 also that there were many late broods. 



The past summer has been unusually favorable for pheasants and other 

 game birds because there have been no cold, rainy spells. 



The young birds observed in August are undoubtedly from second 

 broods inasmuch as the first broods of young birds were seen early in May. 



HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGES IN COOS COUNTY. 



Mr. A. J. Sherwood, of Coquille, reports that a farmer near that vicin- 

 ity mowed over the nest of a Hungarian partridge in which he counted 

 twelve eggs. He was afraid the bird would not return to the nest, but he 

 went back next day and found thirteen eggs instead of twelve and the 

 bird was still there. Those birds which were liberated last March are doing 

 well, according to reports, and they will make an important addition to the 

 game of that section. 



Another farmer near Fairview reports seeing a good covey of young 

 Chinese pheasants belonging to one of the pheasants liberated last spring. 



ELK IN LINCOLN COUNTY. 



Mr. M. S. Durbin, of the U. S. Forest Service, at Waldport, counted a 

 band of twenty-five elk at the head of Drift creek. He says he thinks 

 there are forty or fifty in the entire band and they have been increasing 

 rapidly during the past few years There were several calves during tne 

 present season. Another band of twenty elk has been reported by tne 

 forest officers north of Yachats. The forest rangers and guards in Lin- 

 coln have done a great deal toward protecting the elk in that region. 



WILD RICE IN UMATILLA COUNTY. 



That wild rice as a food for ducks can be grown successfully in the 

 northern part of eastern Oregon has been demonstrated by George Roberts, 

 of Pendleton. Mr. Roberts has a small farm on the Umatilla river, four 

 miles west of Pendleton. Three years ago he planted about five pounds of 

 wild rice. This year he has an acre as a result of the one planting and 

 the crop is heavy. 



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