72 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



The nest of the California Quail is a little hollow in the 

 ground lined with grass. From twelve to eighteen eggs are laid. 

 They are cream colored and peppered or blotched with brown. 

 They can easily be distinguished from the eggs of the Bob-white 

 Quail or the Mountain Quail, because these eggs are unspotted. 



W. L. F. 



EXHIBIT OF OREGON GAME BIRDS. 



The exhibit of live game birds which has been installed at 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco by Mr. 'Gene M. 

 Simpson, superintendent of the State Game Farm, is attracting 

 considerable attention. To show the different game birds that 

 are found in Oregon, a rustic lodge has been built in front of the 

 Oregon building at San Francisco just on the shore of the bay. 

 In one end of this is a reproduction of the Columbia river with 

 miniature canneries, fish wheels, boats and other equipment that 

 shows the fishing industry. 



In the other end of the lodge, the space has been divided and 

 Mr. Simpson has installed coveys of wild quail, all three varieties 

 that live in Oregon, bob-white, valley and mountain quail. There 

 are also grouse and pheasants, Chinese or ring-necked, Reeves and 

 others, a flock of wild pigeons and a lively bunch of silver-gray 

 squirrels. Many people who come from the East are attracted by 

 these wild creatures which make Oregon famous as a game state. 

 No other state in the Union has such a variety and abundance of 

 game birds. Many eastern tourists will be attracted to Oregon 

 to hunt and fish during the coming summer and fall. 



DECISION ON COLUMBIA RIVER FISHING. 



On March 23, a decision was handed down by the Supreme 

 Court of the state of Oregon upholding the constitutionality of 

 the act which forbids the taking of salmon with nets in the 

 waters of the state of Oregon by persons who have not resided 

 in this state for a period of six months or longer. The opinion 

 was written by Chief Justice Moore and affirmed a decision of 

 Circuit Judge Eakin of Clatsop county. The law at the last 

 session of the legislature was amended requiring a residence of 

 one year which is now in effect, the bill carrying an emergency 

 clause. 



