groups of sportNn also contributed     atoily in so= aroa, 
Mocate iform-tion w      ept on the amot of fod conaid by 
various coveys of q   il and flocks of pheasits. Th'is informti     is sumArizad

in table 2. This tble shows that on the avw     e a single bobehite will
eat 
3 pomad of feed per moth    iiile a phesant requires  ore than twiee as imih,

or 6.3 pounds, for the sae perild. These fig--es are subeet to onsiderable

error , since it is i-Poesible to asuertain h    a h fe the bids obtined

rn natral ~ources.       _is  y     my not be b     ed by the an  of grain

iastd or consi d by rodlnts and inll birds. It is believed, h           r,
1tt 
the rates of cnnois  tlan as -3iv  .y be of szo   value in deterin.ing .nuter

rations for these two x _   birds. Reports from the field Indicated that
corn is 
the preferred food, 
Table 3 gives the data on pheasants whih    atronized 23 individual 
feeders. The mortality rate was li!ht, only .2 bird per feeder per month,

ste showed an avrage survival of 90          betwn Januany and April. DurLng

this time the average flock fell from 4.9 birds to 4,6 birds, 
Rather reliable cunts and mortality studies were mcae on 69 covys of 
quail. This          tion is given in table 4, The avorage monthly mortality/

for all cove-,s was fOand to be 1,6 birds. Five of the covys under observation

were nat artificially fed and served to eheek on tbe fed birds. These coveys

suffered , mtonhly      Ality of 3.4 birds, -hile   e coveys wih5 h had access

to feers lost only 1,5 birs per month, The averae survival of all covy 
under clo   observation between Jauay aod Ap il -jaz 6, The check coveys

had a survival of only 4, wile th     e    B artificially fed hed a 71e svival.

In Jawar-y the averae size covey numbered 14.4 birs, but by Aoril this figure

had derop-d to 11 birds per covey.