accomplished there was also the story 
of a terrific struggle told in the snow, 
that could not have been recorded in 
leaf-carpeted woods. 
Quite a number of quail are killed 
each season by flying against telegraph 
and telephone wires, as well as wire 
fences. The latter is occasioned mostly 
when the young are flushed or some- 
thing in their line of flight after be- 
ing flushed causes them guardlessly to 
swerve from their course. 
The common crow stands at the head 
of the great egg-eaters. They break 
up thousands of quail nests during the 
nesting period and follow the young up 
after they are hatched. Wherever the 
unfenced lands are given over to live 
stock, hogs destroy countless nests and 
cattle and sheep, when grazed in too 
great numbers, not only break up 
nests, but eat plants which otherwise 
would produce valuable grain for the 
birds. Sheep are the closest feeders of 
all, and farms on which they are kept, 
as a rule, raise few birds. Foxes, 
mink, weasels and other predatory 
creatures get a bird now and then, but 
not nearly so often as is commonly be- 
lieved. They operate mostly where the 
old order of cover has disappeared. 
Two reasons why this kind of vermin 
do not get more birds might be cited 
with modification. In natural covers 
the food they seek mostly is rabbits 
and these are more abundant and more 
to their liking, and they have more dif- 
ficulty in surprising quail than they 
have in pouncing upon rabbits. I have 
witnessed a red fox trying to make a 
catch and the birds either withheld 
their scent or the animal scenting pow- 
ers were deficient for the quest was 
fruitless, although I afterwards man- 
aged to flush the bird. 
If you have ever wandered at night 
through ragweed or cotton field over- 
grown with crab grass in which quail 
were roosting, you know how quickly 
they are appraised of your presence 
despite every precaution you may 
take and the predatory creatures who 
seize one from the roost are marvels 
among their kind. House cats, we 
believe, are more successful in catch- 
ing both quail during the day and 
night than any of the wild creatures; 
in fact, within the bounds of civiliza- 
tion the quail has no greater enemy, 
for they never let up in their quest and 
are out eternally except during period 
of heavy rains. Sportsmen should 
make a determined effort to keep down 
the number of worthless house cats, 
and the only method worth adopting is 
to kill all cats found wandering in the 
fields. 
Awarding the quail the distinction 
of being the greatest of game birds in 
no manner depreciates the sport to be 
had with the pinnated and ruffed 
grouse. They have characteristics 
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