. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 161 LIFE HISTORY NOTES. COYOTE EATS DUCK'S EGGS. On April 9, 1916, ia a pasture one mile from Butte Creek, Sutter County, I was shown a mallard's nest containing ten broken eggs. A herder observed a coyote eating something and on investi- gating found the ten eggshells. From the photograph (Fig. 57) it can be seen that most of the eggs were broken open longitudinallj'. Animals nearly always eat eggs in such a
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 161 LIFE HISTORY NOTES. COYOTE EATS DUCK'S EGGS. On April 9, 1916, ia a pasture one mile from Butte Creek, Sutter County, I was shown a mallard's nest containing ten broken eggs. A herder observed a coyote eating something and on investi- gating found the ten eggshells. From the photograph (Fig. 57) it can be seen that most of the eggs were broken open longitudinallj'. Animals nearly always eat eggs in such a way as to. Fig. 57. Nest of mallard duck destroyed by coyote. Photograph by George Neale, taken at Butte Creek, Sutter County, April 2, 1916. break them lengthwise. The herder located the coyote's den in some large holes in the ground in the near vicinit^ and then destroyed all the coyotes within by blowing it up with dynamite.—George Neale. THE COLUMBIAN SHARP-TAILED GROUSE IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. The Columbian sharp-tailed grouse iPcdUrcctcs phasianellus coliimiianus) or "prairie chicken," once extremely com- mon in northeastern California, is now extinct, or practically so. Several let- ters were recently written by the Fish and Game Commission to residents con- versant with game conditions in Modoc County in order to find out where and when prairie chickens were last seen. Among the replies are the following: Mr. W. S. Criss, of Lookout, Modoc County, states that about fifteen years ago, before there were any game laws in California sharp-tailed grouse were very common in his locality. A short time later but one pair of birds were left on his ranch. This pair raised six young. An attempt was made to protect them but by the following year every one had dis- appeared. Mr. Claude B. Brown, of the same place, states that, although these birds were once so common that flocks of fifty or more could be seen, they have gradually decreased until they are prac- tica
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