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A. W. ICKS. GREEN BAY       CONSERVATION DIRECTOR           ASST. TO DIRECTOR

F. L. GILBERT. MADISON 
E. M. DAHLBERG, SECRETARY            Brule  Wis. 
LADYSMITH                          June 4, 1929. 
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JUN - 6 1929 
Ref'd  ---------------------- 
Mr. W. B. Grange. 
Superintendent of Game. 
Madison, Wis. 
Dear Sir: 
I am in receipt of your letter of May 25th., 
asking for information on grouse and partridge disease 
in this vicinity. 
Will say that I found several p rtridge and one 
sharp tail grouse~dead, that seemed toVery thin and 
emaciated. Their brest bone was very piominent and they 
had very little flesh on them. These birds were found 
last fall about September or October. 
I have seen,and have been told of several instances 
where partridge , upon hearing a person approach will 
fly out of the woods and fight them. There appears to 
be something wrong with the birds that do this, as it 
happened in early spring before nesting and matting time. 
There is a case of a bird that comes out on the railroad 
track at the approach of the section crew and will fight 
a mitten or stick. There are partridges around the club 
houses on the Brule that do not seem to have any sense of 
fear, a person can almost catch them. 
While putting out a forest fire down in the vicinity 
of Cable I found a nest of partridge eggs,nine, the old 
bird seemed to be in normal condition. There are several 
birds around our headquarters station here that seem to 
be in good condition. 
The wood ticks appear to be very thick at this 
time of the year and the rabbits are badly affected, 
especially the young. Last year the ticks affected the 
young partridge. 
Your s 
Dist. Fore   Ranger,