ons so far found (3 per acre),while type 14a, 
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contains the heaviest populat 
as already pointed out,the poorest, runs as low as a dozen covies to the 
county, or 1 bird per square mile. 
Populations and Kills, Forbes and Gross (1907), in an "ornithological cross 
section” of birds taken from Danville to Quincy,August to October,1906, 
found that on an average there were 15 quail per square mile,or 1 per 50 
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acres, and that quail constituted 1.4% of all birds seen. It would have 
added to the significanee of these figures if the difference between the 
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bare prairies on the east end of this line and the good quail country on 
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the west end had been recorded. Even without this comvarison between tw 
however,these figures are of a kind greatly needed but rarely cmtributed 
a0T « at -} ry ct Dod an Wha at an een eo a i It en a } 
Low, be@ause d OSS Were not used. 
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by ornithologists. They are’ probabl 
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Table D contains the tabulated results of covey’ ‘counts and kill -re- 
Aa pet) RAR 4 _ nen ry A Rarer ae’ on dich oe os eee —y ent hiataad 
cords gathered from sportsmen’ and,.farmers. The figures contributed by 
ie sean cy o ey TTy 4 | x abet Vs on. aie Py . a AT eon A pas) (aig a Mane all ae a HSN Hea er. | wes 
Bowman, Olin, Huff, and Karraker a€re;considered of special significance 
because they show heavier populations and-kills than have heretofore been 
encountered in any state, or published»by other observers. The Olin Pigres 
: 4 ten * de ey ~ : pam wey Ss ase A <A tere and wane O4 WAN! mae wna 
lump the two tracts covered.specarately by Bownman,and were given me inde- 
pendently without chance of comoarison. In a broad way they prove the 
possibility of populations, on tracts of the 100 acre size class, up to 2 
“ a AR 2 Py a We gee En SR EA oad gS na ee-f.es Sane Al “1h A wh HS yt 
or even od qua Ge per acre, ana kills .of Up .GO 0U%, SUSTaAINE A shroueh & period 
of years. The best comparable tracts so far recorded are as follows: 
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