192 MAJOR JOHN F. LACEY 



tection. The same question would apply to shad and 

 other migratory fish. If spring shooting were entirely 

 forbidden as to all these birds they would rapidly in- 

 crease. This question would perhaps be best worked out 

 by a crusade in behalf of separate state legislation for- 

 bidding spring shooting, and by making a sufficiently long 

 closed season in the south to prevent the destruction of 

 the water-fowl in the winter. 



In short I think there are two propositions to which we 

 could direct national attention : 



1. The setting apart of one game preserve in a forest 

 reserve in each state or territory where the reserves are 

 now or may be hereafter located. 



2. Securing state or national legislation to protect 

 water-fowl during the spring migration. 



Yours truly, 



John F. Lacey. 



