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A pair of bob-white may remain as mates for over a year even though the cock may find it necessary to win his bride each eyar. The cock bird builds the nest on the ground though several birds may use a common nest. The hen lays from 7 to 28 eggs just over an inch long and these are incubated by both birds for 23 to 24 days. The average hatch is about 86 per cent of the eggs laid. _If a nest is broken up or the young are ’killed early a second brood may be established. Both parents take part in the rearing of the family. Survival in winter is possible largely through the cooperation of the members of a flock, it being rather essential that the size of the conveys do not drop below 10 birds. The family usually remains together through the first winter with the break-up coming with the spring breeding season. The individual range of a bobwhite is usually about one square mile for its lifetimes;
Game managers have evolved many ingenious of getting information on the abundance of these splendid birds and if their recommendations are usually followed there is an excellent chance that
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