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may be taken from September 15 to 

 December 31. The bag limit is fifteen to 

 one person, and twenty-five when two 

 or more hunters shoot from the same 

 blind or boat. 



A proposition to establish a permanent 

 close season on the Bob-white failed, and 

 an open season from October i, to Novem- 

 ber 15, with a bag limit of six birds in a 

 day and thirty-six in a season, was estab- 

 lished. The open season on Grouse, or 

 partridge is from October i, to November 

 30, the bag limit being four a day or 

 twenty a season. 



The open season for Pheasants has been 

 again reduced to Thursdays in the month 

 of October, and three cock birds are all 

 that may be taken in a season by one man. 

 Lovers of native birds will be interested 

 in the claim that the extensive shooting 

 of Pheasants has tended to reduce the 

 destruction of our native Ruffed Grouse. 



The open season on Woodcock is from 

 October i to November 15, the bag limit 

 four a day and twenty a season. 



For Snipe, Plover and other shore birds, 

 the open season is September 16 to Novem- 

 ber 30 — bag not to exceed fifteen; total 

 of all species in one day, and not over 

 twenty-five to be killed from the same 

 boat or blind. 



The Starling has been included in the 

 list of birds exempted from protection. 



An attempt to include the Bittern in 

 in this list was fortunately not suc- 

 cessful. 



The law prohibits hunting on public 

 highways, except in forest-preserve coun- 

 ties, and upon municipal water-works 

 property. — T. G. P. 



Notes from the Field 



Mrs. Florence L. Small, President of 

 the Iowa Audubon Society, whose home 

 is at Waterloo, has been very active of 

 late in the matter of arousing sentiment 

 for bird-protection in Iowa. With a life 

 so full of other duties that many would 

 be discouraged from attempting outside 

 work, she has found time to give public 

 talks frequently before women's clubs, the 



schools of her home city, and conserva- 

 tion conventions. 



Some time ago she was appointed a 

 member of the Conservation Committee of 

 the State Federation of Women's Clubs. 

 She realizes the opportunit}' this appoint- 

 ment gives her to bring the subject of 

 bird-study and bird-protection before the 

 large audiences which bi-annually gather 

 at the State Conservation Conferences. 



By a very slender majority, the Audu- 

 bon bill to establish a State Game Commis- 

 sion in Virginia was defeated during the 

 closing days of the legislature. Far from be- 

 ing discouraged by this fact, the Legislative 

 Committee, headed by Mr. J. C. Wise, 

 at once undertook an extensive campaign 

 of education, and there is every reason to 

 believe that sufficient enthusiasm will be 

 aroused in the state to result in the enact- 

 ment of a measure of this character at the 

 next meeting of the State Legislature. 



Letters are being distributed widely 

 throughout the state, calling upon sports- 

 men and others interested in the conserva- 

 tion of wild birds and animals to extend 

 financial support to the Committee, and 

 farmers are being called upon to send in 

 letters stating their views on the desira- 

 bility of the state extending such pro- 

 tection to the wild bird life as an efficient 

 warden force would insure. Encour- 

 aging answers are being received daily, 

 and Mr. M. D. Hart, writes that $200 have 

 already been pledged for the purposes of 

 the Committee. 



Pleasing additions to the Egret Pro- 

 tection Fund are those sent in by Miss 

 Mary P. Allen, of Hackettstown, New 

 Jersey. Under date of .\pril 16, she for- 

 warded a personal contribution of $30 

 and wrote that she and some friends were 

 holding a sale of home-made cake, bread, 

 candy, etc., the returns from which would 

 be added to the fund within a few days. 

 On April 23 the sum of S33 was received 

 from this source. 



On May 2, an entertainment was held 

 under Miss Allen's direction, for the pur- 

 pose of still further increasing the Hack- 



