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month. W. R. Coy also killed a panther last month. He got the big 

 cat on the Colebrock sheep range where the animal had fed on sheep. 

 Salmon trolling is at the best at the mouth of Rogue river — 10 and 15 

 salmon per day to the boat are being taken out. Fly fishing is better 

 than usual on the lower river this year, and everybody reports good 

 catches. 



MOUNTAIN QUAIL DOING WELL. 



Mountain, or Plumed, quail have made their way for the first time 

 across the mountainous partition that divides Silver LaKe and Summer 

 Lake Valleys, north Lake County, and have scattered to several parts 

 of the Silver Lake country. A covey of approximately fifty quail 

 passed the winter at the Cove ranch, owned by F. D. Duncan, at the 

 south end of Silver Lake. Another covey of twenty-nine wintered at 

 Mr. Duncan's Lone Pine ranch on the west shore of the lake. There 

 were thirty-two quail in the covey that fed about the grain stacks at 

 the Circle M ranch of 0. A. Morris, at the north end of Silver Lake; 

 and Lloyd S. Allen, of the Allen Brothers' ranch, east of Thorn Lake, 

 reports that at least thirty birds wintered in his barn yard. With the 

 coming of spring, these birds scattered to the hills. The nests of 

 several pair have been found in the gulches leading back from Silver 

 Lake. One bird is rearing her brood at least five miles from the water. 



CHINESE PHEASANTS IN PORTLAND. 



By Warden E. H. Clark. 



Having been requested to prepare a report from this district, or 

 an article which may be of interest to the readers of the Sportsman. 

 I am submitting the following on "The Chinese Pheasant of Portland": 



The gamy China pheasant well knows where protection is afforded 

 him and there he thrives and increases. Within the residence section 

 of the City of Portland these birds have increased in numbers to such 

 an extent that there are probably more of the noble birds here than in 

 any other place of the same area. 



The many lovers of the wild life in this city take great delight in 

 the taming of these birds, which is done by placing food and water 

 during the dry season in their yards and the adjoining vacant lots. 

 The birds soon come regularly for the food and in this way may soon 

 be closely approached. It is no uncommon sight during the breeding 

 season to see a mother pheasant strutting across a paved street in the 

 residence section of Portland, followed by her brood of chicks, or to 

 see several of these beautiful birds feeding in the early morning: near 

 some home where food has been placed for them. 



