Show q NATURE I 3 By Dy JU N PACK P President American n Nature Amass It Is ii spring and Bob White hite Is callIng from tram a fence post beside tire the road TOad It Is a t cheery call and nil base baso In- In indeed In Indeed deed would be he the th man who would harm Bob as os ho 10 lends lila his challenge For the tho blithe call serves senes a II double purpose it tells Mrs Bob that here bere he h is 18 1 on the job and It proclaims to other Dolls Bobs in no uncertain terms that thIs is his hi domain an and l that he h will resent Ith aith all al al his hi might their intrusion Some Somo supposed that thu this loud call Is It Bob White Whit WhItes WhIte's only method of voicing iris Ills emotions but this Is Istar latar tar far from tire tile truth Let Iet his throated throated brown sweetheart meander er near hl hia perch and ire Ie i drops down into the th thicket and with thu softest and most persuasive ot of calls pursues his wooing The The Th gentleness and b beauty uty l of Bob White Whit ha has led to attempts In some som states to have hav him Mm put on the tho list ll t of ot song ons birds bird that ho might b be protected at all times time othe ot of the year Though thero there Ia 18 I much in this It has not nt found wide acceptance for sportsmen dearly lovo to track Bob anti and Iris his brood This sport port has long ago aco ro re suited In hIs hi extirpation from many parts or of o his range ranee especially where tho tire climatic conditions condition were so severe evero that ho h had bad all nil he could do to maintain his race when What II a tragedy for or poor pear Bob ron tor those thos ot of us liS u iho ho vi ho lOVe lov him alIve md for our children who may never ever know hi his cheerfuL ch challenge |