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Bobwhites in the Rio Grande Plain of Texas by Val W. Lehmann
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Bobwhites in the Rio Grande Plain of Texas
Val W. Lehmann
First Edition
Texas A&M University Press, 1984
Almost everyone has heard the familiar whistle of a bobwhite quail perched on a tree limb or atop a fence post. Although the "bob-white" call sounds cheerful and serene to human ears, it is often the cry of an unmated make desperate for female company. This and hundreds of other facts about bobwhites are eloquently set forth in Val W. Lehmann's masterful guide to the bird and its management, the culmination of more than fifty years of research.
The bobwhite quail has long been a favorite game bird in south Texas but has suffered from recurring droughts and other environmental upheavals. The key to its long-term welfare lies largely in land-use practices that allow for natural limitations of climate and soil as well as for problems created by man. In an easy, informal style, the author discusses tactics for improving the quails habitat.
The author has distilled his field experiences and scholarly research into an indispensable guide for the study and preservation of bobwhites. The narrative is packed with historical references and personal anecdotes that further amplify the points he makes. Reader, he warns, will find no quick and painless recipes of quail management. But wildlife biologists, government agencies, landowners, sportsmen, and bird lovers will discover countless suggestions for providing a hospitable environment for quail - as well as for other wildlife and form man himself.
Lehmann's authoritative text is enhanced by more than two hundred illustrations, including eight color plates and forty-five drawings. Cover art, frontispiece and paintings and drawings by Nancy McGowan. Brown cloth hardcover, gilt spine lettering. Quarto (11 1/4" X 8 1/2"), graphic dust jacket. xv, 371 pages, includes maps, charts, graphs. With bibliography and master index. Condition is near fine, upper fore corner very slightly bumped, square, tight. unmarked, in a very good dust jacket with minimal edge wear and one short closed tear at top edge, now in archival Brodart poly overwrap.
