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Vol. 7, No. 10 
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Table 1. Mean body weights (in pounds) of native pheasants captured by night¬ 
lighting or shot by hunters on the Neoga Study Area, 1960-64. Sample sizes are 
in parentheses. 
Date 
Age in Weeks 
Cocks 
Hens 
Juveni1es 
Aug. -Sept. 
5 
0.4410 
.02(12)** 
1 1 
6 
0 . 71-0 
.02(11)** 
1 1 
7 
0.9410.02(14) 
0.8610.02(12) 
1 1 
8 
1 . 13 ^ 0 . 03 ( 12 ) 
0.94±0.02(11) 
1 1 
9 
1.43-0.04(15) 
1.1410.03(16) 
1 1 
10 
1.69-0.04(20) 
1.3610.02(38) 
1 1 
12 
2.11-0.04(35) 
1.6610.03(31) 
1 1 
13 
2.42-0.03(32) 
1.7010.02(25) 
1 1 
14 
More than 
2.63^0.04(36) 
1.8910.04(25) 
Sept.-Nov. 
14 
2.80±0.01(194) 
2.0110.02(118) 
Jan. -Feb. 
2.9610.05(17) 
2.0610.03(30) 
Adu1ts 
Aug.-Sept. 
2.7310.02(11) 
1.9310.03(20) 
Oct.-Nov. 
2.9510.04(18) 
2.0310.03(33) 
Jan.-Feb. 
3.1OlO.02( 4) 
2.1210.05(12) 
Includes all pheasants (various strains) hatched on the study area. 
Includes both sexes. 
4. Responses of Bobwhites to Habitat Manipulation 
J. A. Ellis, R. L. Westemeier 
It is suspected that sooner or later the bobwhite will eat or sample 
incidentally most objects of swallowable size in its environment. Because of 
this behaviorial characteristic, the items found in the crops of quail could be 
considered to reflect some of the ecology of a given area. 
Two hundred ninety-four crops were removed from quail on the Dale and Forbes 
areas during the 1963 hunting season (November 16 - December 30* Contents of 
the crops were identified; the 10 items that occurred most frequently are listed 
in Table 2. Forty-two plant food items were identified in crops from the Dale 
Area, 32 in crops from the Forbes Area. 
