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while a precocious pup pointed her by 
sight. Doubtless, she was no rarity 
after that and they accepted her as a 
companion, for her eggs were hatched 
without molestation. After eight days 
the male assumed the entire duty of 
covering the eggs during the day, but 
generally the little brown damsel re- 
lieved him with clock-work regularity. 
When the youngsters came into the 
world, little mites of bumble-bee size, 
the devoted male was the sole escort 
of the seventeen. I never observed an- 
other male or female adult bird with 
them, and I have always believed that 
‘the little matron resumed nesting in 
the millet field close by. 
The necessary routine of farming 
greatly harrasses the efforts of the 
quail to perpetuate their kind. Late 
plowing of fields for peas, millet and 
other forage crops take a heavy toll of 
nests. Usually this work is done late 
in May and early in June for catch 
crops after early crops have failed 
through drought or other causes. Many 
nests are saved by kind-hearted farm- 
ers who thoughtfully mow around the 
little patches in which they may have 
made their nests, and the birds go on 
with their parental duties, but in many 
other cases the change in the sur- 
roundings causes the birds to leave. I 
am of the opinion that birds in the 
south raise more than one breed a 
year. Another enigma, however, is the 
presence of many bevies that never 
break up and go to mating during the 
entire season. There are countless ex- 
planations on this subject, but none of 
them are based upon more than single 


diet will keep them in a healthy con- 
dition for any length of time, for birds 
that are kept in enclosures and trans- 
ported for long distances during which 
they are fed only on grain, are usually 
unthrifty and in a state of nature no 
matter how closely the birds may be 
feeding in the grain fields, invariably 
there is a considerable quantity of weed 
seeds and wild grass seeds in their 
craws. 
A great many men who take up quail 
preserves are disappointed at the slight 
increase in the number of bevies, de- 
spite all the protection that is given 
them. I attribute this as a rule to the 
fact that wealthy men who acquire 
these preserves usually spend too much 
money and time in cleaning up. In 
other words, modern farming is given 
more attention than the propagation 
of wild life. The weed patches and 
. coverts are eye-sores to the modern 
farmer, and while this is all in line 
with the best agricultural methods, it 
is nevertheless disastrous to the quail, 
for as soon as the wild growths are 
cleaned up, the birds wander to their 
natural habitat, which are sweeter to 
them than all the temptations of do- 
mesticated grains and clean fields. 
The natural enemies of quail are 
many. Almost every pirate of the air 
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proper cover, quail suffer little from 
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been much afield have seen hawks in 
pursuit of quail and sometimes have 
seen them catch them, but in typical 
quail country dewberry and blackberry 
fields afford the quail a very consid- 
erable measure of protection. And they 
learn to pitch into them as soon as they 
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regard to them. The theory of self- 
hunting dogs and prolonged rainy 
period I look upon only as contribu- 
tary causes. So strong is the quail’s in- 
stinct to perpetuate that they will con- 
tinue to build nests and lay eggs de- 
spite constant destruction. Each year 
I have found bevies that have been 
hatched after frost had painted the 
woods and stricken the herbage. In a 
month these former little dusky bum- 
ble-bees can fly fairly well and in an- 
other two weeks, except for the telltale 
pin feathers, might easily have passed 
for mature birds. The rapidity of 
their development is amazing. 
Quail are great feeders of the grain 
fields and are fond of peas and millet 
and other crops, but I do not believe 
domesticated grain alone as a steady 

It will identify you. 
Self-hunting dogs harrass quail a 
great deal in carrying out their nest- 
ing duties, and not only prevent nest- 
ing hens from carrying out their du- 
ties, but sometimes become as efficient 
in catching young birds as they do in 
catching rabbits. Land turtles also de- 
vour quail eggs, and the black-snake 
and other snakes exact a constant toll. 
Hunting for quail eggs used to be a 
favorite pastime for children in the 
South, but this is now so thoroughly 
discouraged as to be no longer a fac- 
tor. During the winter months small 
screech owls are daring enough to at- 
tack quail. I have never seen them do 
so, however, except when snow was on ~ 
the ground and the food supply had | 
been all but shut off, and wherever I 
have seen evidence that a kill had been 
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