8 
THE BOBWHITE 
Bobwhite’s Nest under the Spruces 
under cochin bantam hens and plaster of Paris casts of the 
eggs are placed in the nests. They do not seem to know 
the difference, and continue laying as before. If the cock 
begins to brood, the hen usually makes a new nest and con¬ 
tinues laying. If there are no rats, cats, or other vermin 
about, and especially if turkeys can be raised in the locality 
without danger of black-head, the bantam hens may be al¬ 
lowed to rear the chicks. We must be sure that they have 
plenty of insects for the first few days. We may get these 
by sweeping the grass with an insect net, by setting wire- 
cage traps for flies, singeing their wings before feeding, by 
turning over stones and gathering the “ants’ eggs’’ under 
them, by cutting branches and plants covered with plant 
lice—the best first meal for the chicks—and by collecting 
