. The Game breeder . SPRATTS PATENT LIMITED SAN FRANCISCO Newark, New Jersey ST. LOUIS CLEVELAND MONTREAL THE- QAnEDffiDffi VOL. XL AUGUST, 1917 No. 5 The- Object op this magazine- is TO Make- North Am erica the 5iggest iGahe Producing Country in the World. A Half-Breed. Masked Quail—Bobwhite This interesting bird, evidently a hybrid or cross between thecommon bobwhite and the black throated or masked quail, wasshot by Mr. H. Herrick, November, 1903, at the Flanders Club,Long Island, N. Y. The feathers on the neck show the red peculiar to the maskedquail and the throat is black in front. The e
. The Game breeder . SPRATTS PATENT LIMITED SAN FRANCISCO Newark, New Jersey ST. LOUIS CLEVELAND MONTREAL THE- QAnEDffiDffi VOL. XL AUGUST, 1917 No. 5 The- Object op this magazine- is TO Make- North Am erica the 5iggest iGahe Producing Country in the World. A Half-Breed. Masked Quail—Bobwhite This interesting bird, evidently a hybrid or cross between thecommon bobwhite and the black throated or masked quail, wasshot by Mr. H. Herrick, November, 1903, at the Flanders Club,Long Island, N. Y. The feathers on the neck show the red peculiar to the maskedquail and the throat is black in front. The entire white throatarea of the bobwhite is replaced by black feathers in themasked quail. Some true masked quail were shot near Manor,Long Island, N. Y., but unfortunately they were not preserved. The masked quail is a southwestern species, probably extinctin the United States. The Game Conservation Society proposesto restore it as a sporting bird. >f^l pueL/SMED Br f :2s THe GAME- C0N5ER:VATI0N SOCIEtTY. Inc. MEW YORK CITY r»P^^^t-/S niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllliillilllllillllllllllllllllliliillllllllllilllllliillllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllH^
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