Animal

Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast

Laws recently enacted by most of the states for the better protection of the game, imposing a nominal license for the privilege of hunting it, have enabled us to take a census, as it were, of that vast number of the American people who enjoy the health-giving sports of the fie...

Chapters

1. Part 1

Laws recently enacted by most of the states for the better protection of the game, imposing a nominal license for the privilege of hunting it, have enabled us to take a census,...

3. Part 3

=Color=--The color of the wild turkey varies very much except in those that are found in the higher mountains and far away from civilization. Domestication of over three hundred...

10. Part 10

=Tackle and Lure=--The flyingfish is about the only bait with which the tuna can be caught. The hook, which must be attached to about 3-1/2 or 4 inches or light chain and with a...

8. Part 8

{From Alaska south to {semipalmata Ring-necked {Lower California. Breeds { plover {in its northern range. { { {From Central California {nivosa Snowy plover {south to Lower Calif...

9. Part 9

The history of the so-called steelhead trout and the efforts to class these sea-run fishes as a species separate from the rainbow and the cutthroat, is interesting, if not amusi...

5. Part 5

The wood duck, the handsomest of all the American ducks, is not plentiful anywhere, and seems to be growing fewer in numbers. Ornithologists class them as resident ducks, breedi...

4. Part 4

=Nest and Eggs=--The nest is nothing more than a hollow in the midst of some bunch of brush, possibly lined with a few leaves. The eggs are from twelve to eighteen in number and...

2. Part 2

During a residence of a year in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, where I was developing some mining property, I found the scaled quail in great numbers all around me. Very few of...

6. Part 6

{From Northern Mexico north. {vallisneria Canvasback {Breeds on the higher lakes { {from Eastern Oregon to the { {Arctic. { { {From Central Mexico north. {americana Red-head {Br...

7. Part 7

The American egret (=Ardea egretta=) ranges from Oregon south to South America. It was at one time quite plentiful in California, but its handsome plumes attracted the eye of th...

11. Part 11

This beautiful island, with its diversified amusements; its grand scenery; its wonderful drives; its surf less sea bathing; its marine views; its perfect equipment for sea fight...

12. Part 12

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