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limiting" the number to be killed in any- 

 one day to twenty-five. This will al- 

 ways be the case until a law is passed 

 stopping the sale of game entirely. The 

 large number of tourists create such 

 a demand for game at the hotels and 

 restaurants that there will always be 



the facts are as T have related. There 

 seems to be something like poetic jus- 

 tice in these gentlemen dining sumptu- 

 ously on Billy Owl inasmuch as they 

 and those like them are the chief en- 

 couragers of violation of the game law. 

 The mountain quail so called is 



A COOK HOUSE 



Photo by Charles W. Hardman 



men willing to take chances of arrest. 

 A short time since an industrious game 

 warden in San Francisco discovered at 

 the depot a sack of birds directed to 

 one of the first-class restaurants of 

 that city- Visions of quail out of sea- 

 son, with all the credit of discovery, 

 together with the accompanying se- 

 quel of division of fines, were his. What 

 was his surprise, however, on examina- 

 tion, to find twelve plump little Billy 

 Owls. The matter was investigated, 

 and the shipper testified that he had 

 been supplying the restaurant for some 

 months past, and that these delicacies 

 had been dished up to the patrons as 

 quail. How the aforesaid patrons felt 

 over the discovery I do not know, but 



found mostly in the foot hills and on 

 the mountain sides. It is larger than 

 the valley quail and not found in so 

 large flocks. While the valley quail ia 

 often found in great numbers in the 

 foot hills the mountain quail is never 

 found in the lowlands. It is larger 

 than the quail of the valley, and is 

 near the Eastern quail in color. It is, 

 however, hunted but little in compari- 

 son with its cousin of the valley. 



The waterfowl of this State are as 

 varied as perhaps in any State in the 

 Union. An effort has been made to 

 prevent spring shooting, but so far 

 without avail, as the game dealers fight 

 against all such legislation. If a law 

 were passed preventing the sale of 



