. American game-bird shooting . ar to thatof the squash bug, and Conradi found that when squashbugs were fed to toads, these died as though poisonedwith chloroform. While Conradi found that 5 or 6squash bugs might be sufficient to kill a toad, MissMorse has fed as many as 11 to bobwhite at a singlemeal with no apparent ill effect. Toads ate the plantbugs in large quantities without injury, but it is ap-parent that strong-smelling bugs should not be fed toyoung ruffed grouse. The experiments with bobwhite proved very success-ful. The season began with 5 pairs and several extracocks. The first e
. American game-bird shooting . ar to thatof the squash bug, and Conradi found that when squashbugs were fed to toads, these died as though poisonedwith chloroform. While Conradi found that 5 or 6squash bugs might be sufficient to kill a toad, MissMorse has fed as many as 11 to bobwhite at a singlemeal with no apparent ill effect. Toads ate the plantbugs in large quantities without injury, but it is ap-parent that strong-smelling bugs should not be fed toyoung ruffed grouse. The experiments with bobwhite proved very success-ful. The season began with 5 pairs and several extracocks. The first egg was laid by May 6th, and 4of the hens had begun laying by May 10th. Not lessthan 247 eggs were laid, an average of 49 to thepair, but Mr. Merrill, of the State Game Farm, hada hen quail which laid 100 eggs. Two of ProfessorHodges hens died during the summer, but the 3 thatsurvived laid an average of 65 eggs each. In all 114chicks were hatched and 75 reared. A most excellentshowing, but one that will unquestionably be greatly. Bobwhite reared by Dr. C. F. Hodge. DESTRUCTION AND PROTECTION 547 improved on as time goes on. Professor Hodges letteron his experiments shows extraordinary progress madein learning of the lives of these birds. There is a wide range of difference in the actions ofdifferent pairs of bobwhites, especially in respect tobreeding and care of young. One pair which occupieda large cage with the ruffed grouse got along withthe larger birds without any trouble; the hen laid 58eggs, making and filling several nests. On August20th the cock began brooding a nest with 16 eggs, andon September 13th hatched 15 chicks. Both birdsjoined in the care of the brood. Another pair hadoccupied a cage 6 by 12 feet and produced in all 69eggs, but neither bird showed any signs of brood-ing. The cock, however, took charge of and reareda brood of chicks, hatched under a bantam, but whilehe was doing this the hen quail refused to associatewith him. A pair was kept in a cage 3 by 6
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