258 THE IMPORTANCE OF BIRD LIFE 



eight times the territory that a man in a buggy or on 

 foot, could possibly shoot over in the same time ! 



The use of automobiles in hunting wild-fowl is 

 prohibited in North Dakota, alone of all our 

 States. 



Protection and Conservation 



There is no bird-shooting sportsman alive in 

 America who does not with a whole heart regret 

 the demise of the heath hen, the Eskimo curlew, 

 or the prairie chicken. He would give a great 

 deal to sight one of those chickens over his gun- 

 barrel, or sink his carving-knife once more into 

 the luscious breast of a canvasback duck. He 

 would delight in hearing the clear whistle of the 

 bob-white in the fields back of his house. If he 

 could shoot a wild turkey without having to 

 travel to Arkansas or Florida to do it, he would be- 

 lieve that the millennium of the sportsman had 

 arrived. 



And yet he has permitted a -blight to overtake 

 his birds. There is only one remedy, and he him- 

 self must see that it is applied. That is in- 

 creased protection and conservation of our wild 

 game-bird resources. 



