. Western field. om the back door, Imade a cage for them in the following man-ner: .\ piece of level land 60.\30 feet and con-taining several clumps of sage brush, aplentiful growth of grass and a low eldertree, was selected. This was enclosed, firstof all with 2x2 posts, ten feet high and setfour feet apart. Along the bottom of thesea run board was let into the ground aboutfifteen inches. I now think that one footis an ample depth for this board, but itmust not be omitted on account, particular-ly, of skunks, notorious diggers and noless notorious killers of quail, especiallythe young birds.
. Western field. om the back door, Imade a cage for them in the following man-ner: .\ piece of level land 60.\30 feet and con-taining several clumps of sage brush, aplentiful growth of grass and a low eldertree, was selected. This was enclosed, firstof all with 2x2 posts, ten feet high and setfour feet apart. Along the bottom of thesea run board was let into the ground aboutfifteen inches. I now think that one footis an ample depth for this board, but itmust not be omitted on account, particular-ly, of skunks, notorious diggers and noless notorious killers of quail, especiallythe young birds. In this case my some six inches above the ground;it was an inch thick piece of white pine,well joined and nailed together at the ends. From the ends of the posts already men-tioned pieces of lithe green willow werebowed across, forming an arched hickory bows would be betterfor a permanent cage, but the willow ismuch cheaper—quite an item in the average THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE. XDERGROWTH country bird lovers account. The door wasblocked out and a stout 2x4 pine frame putin to carry the skeleton door. Then the whole was neatly and closelycovered with small-mesh chicken fencing,the edges overlapped and the bottom tackedfar enough down on the runboard to insureno trifling wild cat or fox getting his pawin and ripping things wide open. The door was made of netting, three feetwide, necessitating the setting in of anotherpost, six feet high and provided with strongspring hinges, so that when opened it flewshut again immediately on being swung inward into a room about fourfeet square and six feet high, also made ofnetting and corresponding to a sort ofante-room. This was intended as a doublepreventive of the birds escaping, a doorbeing made to lead from it into the mainroom. This scheme has many advantageswith birds which never become very tameand also with birds of wild and suddenflight, but with species as docile as thequail I do not
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