104 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



Mountain quail are not hunted anywhere near as extensively as are 

 the valley quail and have increased in many parts of the district. The 

 mountain quail is even a better bird for the table than the valley quail, 

 but it is not regarded as highly by the hunter as it does not lay as well 

 to the dog and is seldom in open country. 



TREE SQUIRRELS. 



Tree squirrels are reported abundant in the coast section but in the 

 Sierra region they have been greatly reduced in numbers by an epidemic 

 which, according to reports, has almost exterminated them in some 

 sections. 



OTHER GAME. 



Other species of game, grouse, rabbits and doves have afforded excel- 

 lent hunting and are holding their own, if not increasing. 



FISHING CONDITIONS. 



On account of several dry years, trout fishing in the coast streams has 

 been poor. In many streams the water was so low that practically all 

 the fish disappeared and it was necessary to restock in order to bring 

 them back. There has been so great an increase in the number of fish- 

 ermen that all the streams in the vicinity of San Francisco have been 

 over-fished. If it were possible it would be well to close certain streams 

 until they can be restocked. 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. S. Hunter, 

 In Charge. 



REPORT OF LOS ANGELES DISTRICT. 



The Hoiwrahle Board of Fish and Game Commissioners 

 of the State of California. 



Gentlemen : The biennium ending with this last fiscal year has been 

 a peculiarly trying period of ever-increasing pressure upon your 

 "Southern Division," and particularly its Los Angeles headquarters 

 office. 



"We have fought faithfully to stay Mdthin sight of enormously swell- 

 ing demands for every department of our work, despite the financial 

 limitations inevitably imposed upon all expenditures by the dollar unit 

 of license income. 



Sportsmen constituents and the host of industries more or less directly 

 dependent upon outdoor attractions persist in asking ever larger allot- 

 ments of fish for planting, and more intensive patrol work. To our pleas 

 that the dollar-license was established fifteen years ago when the dollar 

 stood at par in purchasing power, these hunters and anglers reply that 

 we have educated them to the fact that they inust maintain all wild 

 life conservation in California, and awakened them to the importance 

 of keeping up those potent inducements to immigration as well as tlie 



