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The industrial aspects of pheasant and quail propagation in North America for 1939-40

R. B. Nestler·A.L. Nelson
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R. B. Nestler, A.L. Nelson. 1942. The industrial aspects of pheasant and quail propagation in North America for 1939-40. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/5220334

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