Research Catalog

Title

The bobwhite quail; its habits, preservation and increase, by Herbert L. Stoddard.

Author

Stoddard, Herbert L.

Publication

New York, Scribner [1931]

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Details

Description

xxix, 559 pages illustrations, LXIX plates (some color, including frontispiece) diagrams; 27 cm

Subject

Quails

Note

• A summary of the findings of the cooperative quail investigation, which was carried on is the Thomasville-Tallahassee region and neighboring state from March 17, 1924-to July 1, 1929. cf. Introd.
• With special chapters by various contributors.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliographies included in chapter IX.

Contents

Types of Southeastern quail territory -- Life history of the bobwhite -- Miscellaneous habits of the bobwhite -- Development, plumage, and sex ratio of the bobwhite -- Bobwhite's vocabulary -- The food and feeding habits of bobwhites / by C.O. Handley and Clarence Cottam -- Movements of bobwhites as determined by banding studies -- Mortality in the bobwhite -- Internal parasites and parasitic diseases of the bobwhite / by Eloise B. Cram, Myrna F. Jones, and Ena A. Allen -- External parasites of bobwhites -- Non-parasitic diseases of bobwhites -- Quail populations and their fluctuations -- The relation of agricultural activities to the bobwhite -- Quail preserve development and management / by H.L. Stoddard and C.O. Handley -- The use and abuse of fire on Southern quail preserves -- Control of natural enemies of the bobwhite -- Methods of capturing bobwhites -- Artificial propagation of the bobwhite / by W.B. Coleman and H.L. Stoddard -- Use of Texas bobwhites, or "Mexican" quail, in restocking -- Some popular beliefs and attitudes in regard to bobwhites.

LCCN

31027005

OCLC

• ocm04051132
• 4051132
• SCSB-318196

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library