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Show LOSS OF GAME DURING COLD WEATHER Washington, Feb. 0. Quail and oth-or oth-or game birds suffered severely in tho r(ecent cold weather, according to reports re-ports from various partB of the country coun-try to the United States biological survey. Dr. Hcnshaw, chief of the bureau, said today that much was done through the National association of Audubon societies to prcscrvo the birds, but that the mensurcs taken were inadequate. Provision should bo made early in tho season, ho sold for fdcdlug birds In severe weather and such precautions should be moro systematic and thorough. Thero has been no loss by starvation starva-tion if elk In the Jackson Hole region, re-gion, Wyoming such as characterized tho preceding two "winters and the animals there thus for have boon In good condition. Dr. Heushaw reports. Hay was stored early In tho season at various points near tho wintering ground of the big elk herd andthejj were fed when theycould not rustlo for themselves. m' tt Ei |