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RINGNECK PHEASANTS 
This popular species of pheasant like the open 
fields adjoining the low marsh area best. They like 
to be near water in a thick weed growth where food 
is plentiful. About the open grain fields which are 
bordered by low-growing shrubs, a place to hide in 
safety. 
At certain times of the year, pheasants make up 
better than 50% of their food of insect life, while at 
other times when insect life is not plentiful, they 
feed almost entirely upon seeds of either grain or 
weeds. These game birds are thus important in the 
control of destructive insects and obnoxious weeds. 
QUAIL 
These game birds are the pride of any sports- 
man’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 ber- 
ries that grow nearby. 
Like pheasants, quail also con- 
sume 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 habi- 
} tat is in and about the forest. 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 foli- 
age—like white clover, wintergreen 
berries and leaves, wild cherry and 
wild berries of many kinds. 
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