. Quailology. The domestication, propagation, care & treatment of wild quail in confinement. Quails. QUAILOLOGY - ORNITHOLOGY 12 Should an accident befall the female, which sometimes unfortun- ately occurs, the male takes the whole duty of incubation upon himself. If the nest should be disturbed before the setting is complete it is usually abandoned, but should incubation have com- menced they will return and hatch their brood. The young birds leave the nest as soon as hatched and are often seen with fragments of the shell still clinging to them, and fol- low the mother bird. Upon being di
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. Quailology. The domestication, propagation, care & treatment of wild quail in confinement. Quails. QUAILOLOGY - ORNITHOLOGY 12 Should an accident befall the female, which sometimes unfortun- ately occurs, the male takes the whole duty of incubation upon himself. If the nest should be disturbed before the setting is complete it is usually abandoned, but should incubation have com- menced they will return and hatch their brood. The young birds leave the nest as soon as hatched and are often seen with fragments of the shell still clinging to them, and fol- low the mother bird. Upon being disturbed the young, at the warning note from the parent bird, scatter in all directions and are very hard to be found, owing to their color, so near that of the ground, dry grass and leaves. As soon as the young birds are able to fly they are taken in charge by the male and the hen proceeds to lay a second complement. They are never to be found in large flocks, each covey gener- ally keeping to itself and rarely moves far from the place where it was raised except on account of change of feed in the fall. The mating season begins in April when the covey, or such as remain, begin to break up, each pair selecting a suitable nesting site. During the past five years thousands of quail have been ship- ped from Kansas, Nebraska, and other V/estern States, to New England, and liberated to replenish the stock of resident birds which was almost exhausted. They thrive well.. Bob White, male and female, natural size.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Kerr, Harry Wallas. Little Sioux, Ia. , Taxiderm Company