. The bobwhite and other quails of the United States in their economic relations. Quails; Northern bobwhite. 32 BOBWHITE AND OTHER QUAILS OF UNITED STATES. a continuous harvest through the winter. The grain, inclosed in a cylindrical sheath which open- at the top. is rattled out. a few kernels at a time, by the strong fall and winter winds. Along the same ditches, especially in damper places among trees and bushes, another plant, the jewel weed, flourishes. Its ripened seeds, hurled from the opening pods by elastic coiled springlike valves, are eaten in large numbers by the bobwhite. The jewel
. The bobwhite and other quails of the United States in their economic relations. Quails; Northern bobwhite. 32 BOBWHITE AND OTHER QUAILS OF UNITED STATES. a continuous harvest through the winter. The grain, inclosed in a cylindrical sheath which open- at the top. is rattled out. a few kernels at a time, by the strong fall and winter winds. Along the same ditches, especially in damper places among trees and bushes, another plant, the jewel weed, flourishes. Its ripened seeds, hurled from the opening pods by elastic coiled springlike valves, are eaten in large numbers by the bobwhite. The jewel-weed cotyledons are inclosed in a plain seed coat: but the cotyledons themselves are of a delicate robinVegg blue, rounded and colored like tiny turquoises. Several weeds injurious to truck crops are useful to the bobwhite. In a field where crab grass as a thick mat had overrun a patch of yams a covey spent much time gathering the seeds (fig. 2). In. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Judd, Sylvester D. (Sylvester Dwight), 1871-1905. Washington : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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