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Looper, 1936
San Andreas, Calaveras Co., Calif.
April 25,
Took a third census today around the eastern and southeastern periphery of the town of San Andreas. The zoation, floral + faunal associa-
tion is the same as the locality 3 mi. W of
San Andreas where the first census was taken.
To date, have recorded on census sheets a total of
79 days for approximately 7 miles covered. They
are wary + hard to see in dense oak stands.
Contacted Mr. Schroverer, the supt. of school
and evidently president ? of the Calaveras Co.
sportsmen club. Secured the following information
from him: Quail rearing pens are being built
on W.P.A. funds. Birds can thus be secured from
the state Fish & Game Commission held until
large enough to turn loose. All quail introduced
there in the past have been placed on "game
reserves," which are privately-owned parcels of
land on which no hunting is allowed. Hungarian
partridge and wild turkey have been introduced,
but haven't proved successful. The turkeys
were placed on a rich man's estate - no hunting
ever allowed. They had to be removed from
this property because they roosted on the rich
man's houses' porch; were taken down to
Angels Camp, where roosted in a barn until we
killed off 1 by 1, as turkey meat was desired by
the "sportsmen".