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CAL1K(^K.\IA KISIl AND GAMl!. 



CONSERVATION IN OTHER STATES. 



CONSERVATION LESSONS FROM 

 MASSACHUSETTS. 



The Massachusetts Fish and Game 

 (Commissioners are calling attention to 

 the need of the conservation of fish by 

 means of "little lessons." One of them 

 follows : 



"The advance of civilization always 

 decreases the natural fish and game sup- 

 ply. Preaoii and practice conservation. 



"Don't take fish that are full of spawn ; 

 leave them to deposit their eggs and the 

 small to grow into mature fish. 



"Don't take more than you need. 



"Don't try for the largest number ; try 

 for the largest fish. 



"Don't try to get the last one ; leave 

 some for others. 



"Report violations to the Fi.^h and 

 (Jnmo Commissioners. 



"Remember, this is your sport. No one 

 is as interested in it as the hunters and 

 fishermen, and it is up to you to make 

 or ruin it."- — American Field, May 2, 

 1918. 



CATS BECOME GAME IN NEW YORK. 

 In New York a bill has been passed, 

 permitting any person over twenty-one 

 years of age who holds a hunting or 

 trapping license to destroy humanely a 

 cat at large found hunting or killing any 

 protected bird, or with such a bird in its 

 possession. The bill makes it the duty 

 of the game protectors to kill all offend- 

 ing cats. 



MINNESOTA GAME REFUGES. 



In the State of Minnesota state parks 

 and state forest reserve lands have auto- 

 matically become refuges for game. The 

 legislature of 191.5 provided for a prac- 

 tical way of establishing game refuges 



on privately owned land. Already seven- 

 teen refuges have been established in 

 this way, embracing .531,925 acres. The 

 combined area of all of the Minnesota 

 game refuges is 1,877,813 acres. This 

 method of protecting and restoring game 

 has met with instant and hearty approval 

 by the people of the state and in every 

 instance in which a refuge has been estab- 

 lished, there has been a unanimity of 

 sentiment among the people interested 

 in it. — Bien. Rpt., Minn. Fish and Game 

 Comm., lOlG. 



MINNESOTA DISTRIBUTES FISH. 



Under the authority of the Public 

 Safety Commission, the state of Minne- 

 sota has been catching and distributing 

 fish. From October 1.5, 1917. to Janu- 

 ary 1, 191 S, the production of state- 

 caught fish amounted to 77,851 pounds. 

 Great care is being exercised not to take 

 fish that are desirable for angling from 

 localities where people can and will use 

 lakes for that purpose. In such localities 

 fishing is confined to rough fish only. As 

 a contribution to the food supply the state 

 fishing has demonstrated its imi>ortance 

 and has proved to be popular aud suc- 

 cessful. Distribution has been made 

 through game wardens, representatives 

 of the Safety Commission, meat dealers 

 and other individuals. 



NEW JERSEY RESTOCKED WITH 

 RABBITS. 



The game farm of the New Jersey 

 State Fish and Game Commission has 

 two thousand rabbits which will be dis- 

 tributed throughout the state. Rabbits 

 will be placed in districts where they have 

 been hunted out. 



LIFE HISTORY NOTES. 



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TREE-DUCKS SUCCESSFULLY BRED 

 IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY. 



A pair of fulvous tree-ducks {Deiulro- 

 cyyna bicolor) were secured from the 

 State Game Farm in the fall of 191G aud 

 placed on my pond at Cupertino. In 

 June, 1917, I had a suspicion that they 

 were laying, as I found several eggs 



which I could not classify in different 

 parts of the enclosure. I have learned 

 from experience that one can not disturb 

 ducks during the laying and breeding 

 season, and in the past I know that I 

 liave broken up several "settings" because 

 of my curiosity. In June of this year 

 I noted from casual observance tliat only 



