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Title: First report of game and fish warden for New Mexico. 1909-1910-1911
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: New Mexico (Ter.) Game and fish warden's dept. (from old catalog) Gable, Thomas P. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Game laws Fishery law and legislation Game and game birds Fishes
Publisher: Santa Fe, N.M., New Mexican printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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nties, wherenone of this variety had heretofore existed. It has been clearly demonstratedthat they are r on-migratory, remaining in the neighborhood where planted. Theyhave proven, also, to be very prolific breeders. All reports coming from deputy game wardens throughout the state show thatquail are more abundant than they have l)een for a number of years past, the onlyexceptions being in the counties of Luna and Grant. Just as the devotee to therod and reel waits for the opening day of the fishing season, when he can threshthe trout stream witli the flashy fly and play the speckled beauties until at lastlanded on the grassy bank, so the sportsman, whose delight is with the gun.greets buoyantly the day when, unhampered by the game laws, he can listen forthe joyous call of the bonny quail, and tramp the hills and woodlands in searchof this comely bird. This graceful and beautiful member of the quail family isnaturally coy and timid, protecting himself from those predatory animals which
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FROM COL. f. M. WOODRUFF. 80 GAM BELS P.AK 1 Kllx.i-; (Callipepla g-amhiliij. ¥> Life-size. REPORT OF GAME AND FISH WARDEN FOR NEW MEXICO. 39 are his constant and alert enemies by roosting in trees, but during the day hehaunts the lands near farms, in the fields and bosques. The blue mountain quail is found more on the open mesa, hiding under theinalpais, cactus and sage brusli. Both these species of quail which abound inNew Mexico, are much sought after by the sportsman who finds no greater pleasurethan in a full bag at the close of a days hunt. The law on quail is, with gunonly, October 1st to December 31st. Limit: thirty in possession at one time. The bob white is distinctly an American bird and he has a popularity that isnation wide. Famed for his beavity and sought as a great table delicacy, thebob white has no rival among the game birds, being of great economic value aswell, as his food consists of seeds and insects and he seldom does any injury tocrops. Bob white is a liand

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