QU AIL 
These little old game birds are the pride of any sportsman’s 
bag. They like the open field with clumps of shelter in the 
form of low shrubs covered with vines. Twice daily these 
game birds go to the nearby pond, stream or water holes and 
like to linger and feed on the weed seeds and berries that 
grow nearby. 
Like pheasants, quail also consume an abundance of insect 
life and obnoxious weed seeds, Their purpose is three-fold, sport for the 
hunter, a delicacy for the table, and control of undesirable insect and 
plant life. 
PARTRIDGE OR RUFFED GROUSE 
The habits of these game birds are quite similar to 
Quail and Pheasants, except that their natural habitat 
is in and about the forest, more dense cover. They 
love to linger in open sunny spots and feed, but it 
must be close to a means of escape. Like the others, 
they consume insect life and seeds, but also the buds 
and tender foliage—like the leaves of white clover. 
How to Make Your Property Attractive 
On most properties there is some natural food for upland game birds and 
also some natural cover. Perhaps there is insufficient to support large 
numbers of game. One can thus increase the number of game birds by 
f sso, adding to the food supply and 
natural cover. 
It’s not necessary or advis- 
able to make large fields of 
grain for them. We recommend 
what is termed as a “spot” 
planting, a lot of small feed 
beds with natural cover nearby. 
jInsects are plentiful in spring 
and summer, but perennial 
shrubs, bushes and vines as 
well as stocky seed-producing 
grains of fall and winter are 
important. 
REMEMBER THE PASSENGER PIGEON AND THE HEATH HEN? 
Back in the late nineteenth century—not many years ago, the passenger 
pigeon was here in countless thousands. During migration, they would 
actually darken the sky and blot out the sun, Wonderfully prolific, having 
the forest of the north as its breeding ground, traveling hundreds of miles 
in search of food, it was here today and elsewhere tomorrow. This day they 
are gone; the last passenger pigeon died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo. 
Next the heath hen, their numbers have also dwindled away. In 1916, 
there were estimated about 2,000 heath hens, in 1928 there remained but 
three, today they likewise are gone. 
Let us not further destroy the haunts of our remaining wild life, let us 
conserve and thus perpetuate the sports which are dependent upon them 
that we may bequeath to our children their rightful remaining heritage, 
for that which has been so ruthlessly destroyed can never be regained. 
Wm. O. Coon, Naturalist 
GAME FOOD NURSERIES : OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN 
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