FEATHERED GAME 



on tlie low, sod-covered roofs of their huts, in 

 which the Eiders may make their nests, for 

 peace and perfect protection have made them 

 fearless and half domesticated. Here they are 

 protected by law and the destmction of nests or 

 eggs is punished by a heavy fine, for the down 

 is a source of considerable profit to the people. 

 Some few birds bred for years on the Maine 

 coast in Penobscot Bay, and near Grand Menan 

 Island, further ens:. >": :::: .■ -5 :: e 



collector's peisisieney v^i^^ay^ 

 ment of science, of course) hnf - . _ . 

 attempts there of late years. TT- 1 :. 5 ;:: 

 time, however, the State has dee: ' : vy 



are worthy of some considera: ' : - 



where each vear a few have Suooerded in nest- 



ing in spite of all obstacle? ^r 

 and efficiently guarded fr 



7 set apart 



hope of their colony's id: - . 



wiudb. it bids fair to do. I:> : .:. iio— - 



ever, takes place in the nc . : 



our continent, from the G ; : St. L:i~: r 



northward along the si - : : - : ^ . .: : 



the Labrador coast B ^ :.\ i. :. - - : is 



replaced by the Greenlnr?. E: :: ~_:._ i:±"ers 



Y&j sli^tly from this s . s. 



