CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



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labeled, the meaning of each would have 

 been self-evident. Some fine photographs 

 of birds, furnished by W. L. Dawson, of 

 Santa Barbara, an exhibit of different 

 varieties of tuna and sardines canned in 

 California, and an exhibit showing the 



were a pair of wood ducks and a pair of 

 fulvous tree-ducks, the latter birds more 

 like geese than ducks, and often known 

 as "^Mexican ducks." Although nesting in 

 the San Joaquin Valley, they are seldom 

 seen during the open season on water- 



Fig. 28. Working drawings of new commercial fisheries patrol boat. This boat will be used 

 in connection with fishery investigations and patrol work in southern California. 



food habits of some of the non-game 

 birds, together with charts and maps, 

 completed this part of the exhibit. 



A pen containing a pond, on which 

 were to be seen thirteen different varie- 

 ties of wild ducks and geese, gave those 

 interested a fine chance to test their abil- 

 ity to recognize the different species in 

 the' wild. Of more than usual interest 



fowl, and consequently are little known 

 by sportsmen. 



That visitors were really interested in 

 the work of the two organizations con- 

 cerned with the conservation of forests 

 and wild life was evidenced in the great 

 demand for literature, and by the many 

 questions asked of the attendants. The 

 exhibit demonstrated methods of conserv- 



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