Quail shooting 241 Pinicola enucleator 1875. Dec. 9 Snow fell last night to the depth of about 1 inch. Cloudy all day with occasional moro squalls. Had my horse harnessed directly after breakfast and starting off slom from up to Cherry's when he part up the horsa. Beating first the line of swamps behind his barn I came across the track of a grouse in the snow) And following it down into the deepest part of the swamp flushed the bird a fine cock and shot him dead as he was disappearing over the bushes. He had been out feeding in the low thickets adjoining the swampland and dissection revealed a crop full of wild rose and black thorn berries. Saw also here a flock of about 20 Pinicola enucleator all in, and at other places during the day as many more perhaps Woodale has had two adits sent in. From here struck across to the Petoamit Glutche saw when I struck the fresh tracks of a brood of quail and following them for some distance along a wall shot finally came up with and spointed the berr on the very summit of a little rock knoll. Stepping in ahead of him the birds got up with a grand rush. Catching two as they crossed in their flight, I dropped both with my first barrel, and with the second knocked over a fine old cock which was making off to the left. Failing the remaining five I started shot two of them breaking their wings & baldeing them loose along & left the remaing 3 birds for lunches. Bag W.P. Grouse 1- Quail 5 - in 7 shots.