Vol. 6, No. 5 
Page 4 
Table 4. Browse utilization of experimental plantings by cottontails during 
the winter of 1962 - 63 . 
Rose 
Pine 
Apple 
Damaged Undamaged 
Damaged 
Undamaged 
Damaged 
Underaaged 
Treated Plots 
91 
259 
75 
275 
301 
49 
Control Plots 
212 
138 
99 
251 
302 
48 
5. Responses of Bobwhites and Prair ? e Chickens to Habitat Hanipul at ion 
J. A. Ellis, R. J. El 1 is 
The dispersion of quails from winter coveys on the Bogota area occurred during 
the last week of March and the first week of April, 1963- At that time, quails 
dispersed from the small, isolated units of woods and brush they utilized during 
w ; nter into the prairie farmland that occupies a large portion of the study area. 
Seventeen cock-hen pairs and 24 cock quails have been observed on the area since 
the dispersal of auails from the winter coveys. 
Quails have been observed on territories located at distances of £ - 2 miles 
from the nearest habitat utilized by quails in winter. To better evaluate these 
lengthy seasonal movements, quails are being trapped and marked with backtags for 
individual recognition. Six cock quails were captured in "cock-hen" traps in 54 
) trap-days during late May. 
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