The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-04-05
GAME BIRDS
FOR COUNTY
hungarian Partridge Among These
Ordered for Restocking Couri-
ty Preserves
BOB WHITE QUAIL ARE
ALSO ON ORDER LIST
Their Ability to Withstand Cold
Weather and Hardships Led to
the Importation to This Coun-
try of the Larger Bird

AS stated recently in the Herald the
Yakima county commissioners have
appropriated $4,000 to be used in the
purchase of game birds with which
to restock the fields and woods. The
great value Of the Bob White quail
an an insectivorous bird and eater Of
weed seds is we'll known. The gunner
appreciates their value from the
standpoint Of game and also their ex-
cellence as an article of food. About
fifty pair Of these birds were liberated
in the county last year, and when
the order for birds was sent east sew
eral days ago, provision was made for
a considerable number of Bob White.
Hungarian Partridge Hardy
Another bird with the good qualit-
les of the Bob White, but twice as
large, Is the Hungarian partridge,
which is stronger and harder and
with the added ability of Withstand
ing cold weather and hardships. Sew
eral hundred of these birds which
are more prettily colored than our
quail, have been ordered for liberia
ton in various parts of the valley.
The sides of the head and throat
are of light reddish brown, the top
of the head is brown with light yellow
stripes Across the grey back there
are number of rust brown stripes
extending to the lower part of the
body. The wings are brown and
notified with grey and yellow. The
grey breast is adorned with a brown
C al Il i14i., ~, L -
shape of a horseshoe, Only young
hens have a clear, grey breast.
Size and Strength Important
The weight of an adult Hungarian
and it measures from Is to 22 inches
from tip to tip of wing. Their size
and Strength play most important
part in the adaptibility to cold CHM
ates because they can easily work
themselves out of deep snow in which
quail would perish. 1t is their large
size, their extreme hardness, their
high prolificness and their swiftness
on the wing which make the Hun
garian partridge the most ideal game
bird for stocking purposes. Their
ability to Withstand cold weather ard
hardships has led to their importa-
ton to this country from Europe
where their original habitat was on
the shores of the. Black sea. From
there the birds spread. following in
the steps Of grain cultivation. Unlike
other game birds they were favored
by the advance Of agriculture and
have become quite plentiful.
Prolific and Fine Sport
The Hungarion partridge hen laws
ROW twelve to twenty eggs and even
more Both parents give much care
o the young and as a result of this
most of The little birds are raised and
t does mt take long to populate q
whole district. AS for sport In fhe
ield these pa'rtridges cannot be sur
'assed. They are more swift in
light than the Stiail and will lie
much closer to cover giving the dogs |
better chance to range, nose and |
Iold' When flushed, they fly like !
shot from shell and at different |
hgles' hence they remove the Dos
lnil'ty of pot hunters emptying both
Dads of lead into their cCvey and
eFhaps killing half or more and
asiiY discriminating them. II re-
lures a good marksman under favor
PIE conditions to bag more than two
Vhese SWIFT birds on a raise