BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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with a broken leg. How I did wish the 
little fellow had the skill of Dr. Long’s 
bird and could splinter up that leg until 
it grew as good as new. 
These are rare little birds and we have 
none to spare. 
MOUNTAIN QUAIL 
The boys who work in logging camps 
have the best chance to study the upland 
game birds. I shall never forget the 
precious hiding places of some of our 
birds which these woodmen once pointed 
out to me. 
It was in May—the time when Nature 
is especially busy making the world in¬ 
teresting and beautiful. 
“I’ve found a bird’s nest upon the 
ground among the logs,” said one of these 
Photo hi/ the Author 
NEST OF SOOTY GROUSE 
