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fore if this delicate meat is put into an 
open pan and fried, as I have seen it 
done so often, the body dries out by i 
the time it is cooked through, and the I 
flavor with the moisture has vanished. 
But if a substitute for the skin is sup- 
plied in the form of flour (preferred) 
or other meal and the bodies are then 
put into hot butter fat and covered, the 
result will be a delight to the most fas- ) 
tidious of epicurean palates. ' 
To immerse the bodies in bacon grease i 
or other form of fat, and impale on a 
green willow stick; then broil over the I 
coals of a camp fire is another way to I 
produce satisfaction. A Dutch oven 
properly handled in camp insures of the 
greatest perfection in retaining all the 
savoury qualities of this game bird as a 
food. 
The enemies of quail are numerous 
and while the sportsman exacts a heavy 
toll of their numbers annually, the pre- 
dacious wdld life are destructive to a 
greater extent than is ordinarily be- , 
lieved. 
The Cooper’s, sharp-shinned and duck 
hawks of the birds of prey are the 
species that may be considered harmful 
to quail. The first named being the 
most habitual killer of the three. While ' 
the duck hawk is equally efficient as a 
hunter it is not as abundant over any 
territory and does not habitually hunt 
over the quails’ domain as is the habit 
of the Cooper hawk. Never allow this 
swift-winged, silent traveler and killer 
of bird life to escape your opportunity 
to shoot him. He is a “bad hombre” 
among the game birds and his wonderful 
flight and sneaky, swift approach to a 
feeding flock of birds makes it an easy 
matter for him to fare well, especially 
in the migration periods, when the birds 
are congregated in large flocks. It is at 
this time of year that the open season 
is on for game birds and all hunters 
should have a watchful eye for “Coo- 
per.” This hawk, the sharp-shinned (a 
smaller bird) and the duck hawk are 
easily discernible from the other and 
beneficial hawks by their swift flight 
and trim-shaped bodies. The common 
variety seen along the highways, usually 
perched high up in the leafless branches 
of the sycamores and white oaks, are 
harmless to bird life and should be left 
strictly alone, as they are beneficial to 
the farmer, living almost wholly on 
rodents. 
A LL of the smaller carnivorous ani- 
mals prey upon quail, from the 
ravaging of the nests to the killing of the 
young and adult birds. The writer once 
found the stomach of a skunk containing 
the shells of quail eggs. A nest of in- 
cubated quail eggs with contents about 
ready to walk from the shell would na- 
turally be a delicate tit bit for Mr. 
Skunk. From all accounts the raccoon 
is not a serious menace to quail, though 
he will occasionally get his hand in for 
a taste in some form or manner. The 
little grey fox is a swift, keen hunter and 
he has the quail on his list with other 
birds at about an equal percentage. But 
worst of all the preying element is the 
Bobcat or wild cat. We will give him 
