GOVERNMENT PROTECTION OF BIRDS 309 
Harbour, in Queens County, Nova Scotia, the hunting and 
killing of geese in this harbour below high-water mark are 
prohibited. In 1919 Mr. J. A. Knight, chief game commis- 
sioner, reported that the geese wintering at Port Joli were 
more plentiful than usual. Such protection from moles- 
tation will do much to maintain the abundance of these 
birds visiting the south shore of the province. 
From the foregoing account it will be seen that a prom- 
ising start has been made in the direction of government 
reservations for our native bird fauna. Many other areas 
have been recommended as suitable for reservation, and 
there is every reason to believe that a policy that is sure to 
have so important an effect on the conservation of this sec- 
tion of our wild life will be continued both by the Dominion 
and by the provincial governments. 
