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depends to a great extent on how re- 

 sourceful he happens to be. 



And now I will say in closing, do 

 not shoot a lot of birds with the idea 

 that you will pick out a few of the 

 best specimens and throw the others 

 away, for if a species is common 

 enough so that you can shoot them 

 that way, you should be able by exer- 

 cising care to pick individuals which 

 suit your needs, and very few need 

 be taken except those which are pre- 

 served. 



While I do not think that the speci- 



mens taken by collectors in this coun- 

 try have ever made any appreciable 

 difference in the number of birds in 

 any part of it, the carelessness and 

 cussedness of shooters in general has 

 in the past been a dreadful scourge 

 to all forms of wild life in America. 

 Keeping this in mind let your activi- 

 ties be so governed that when the 

 time comes for you to finally put 

 away the gun and the egg drill for 

 good, that your conscience may be 

 perfectly clear. 



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