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REPORT OF TUE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 79 



Increased activity iu the field of commercial fisheries is evidenced by 

 the publication of two new fish bulletins which have been given wide 

 circulation. A department in California Fiaii and Game entitled 

 "Notes from the State Fisheries Laboratory" has furni.shed published 

 results of the activitias of this laboratory. 



A large part of the material appearing in the "Bird and Arbor Day 

 ]\Ianual" issued by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction was 

 furnished by this Bureau. This manual reaches all of the teachers of 

 the state. 



The 1916-1918 Biennial Report of the Commission, edited by this 

 Bureau, although reduced in size and attractiveness for economy, never- 

 theless, furnished a complete record of the activities and accomplish- 

 ments during the biennial period. 



Mention sliould also be made of a work on the "Game Birds of Cali- 

 fornia" publislied by the University of California Press, in December 

 1918, in which this Bureau had a distinct part, your director being a 

 joint author. The book contains 642 pages, 16 colored plates and 94 

 line drawings and according to reviewers is the best work of its kind. 

 Each of the 108 game birds of the state is described and introductory 

 chapters are devoted to such subjects as: Decrease of Game and Its 

 Causes ; Natural Enemies of Game Birds ; The Gun Club in California ; 

 History of Attempts to Introduce Nonnative Game Birds; The Propaga- 

 tion of Game Birds ; Legislation Relating to Game Birds in California. 



Our office is now equipped with a mimeograph and an addre.ssograph 

 and as a result a long series of newspaper items have been sent to all 

 the prominent newspapers of the state. At the top of the paper utilized 

 is a 1 leading which points out that the item is part of the free news serv- 

 ice furnished by the California Fish and Game Commission, with a note 

 addressed to the editor suggesting the purpose and value of the news 

 service. It lias been gratifying to note how regularly the newspapers 

 print these items. A particularly well conducted campaign regarding 

 the summer work was made possible by the California Nature Study 

 League. It was estimated that 40,000,000 people were reached by this 

 publicity. 



EXHIBITS. 



In the fall of 1918 and again in 1919 in connection with exhibits at 

 ihe State Fair at Sacramento, the different publications of the Commis- 

 sion were exliibited, additions to the mailing list taken and a display 

 of films made. In connection with the summer resort work, a wall rack 

 displaying colored pictures of fish and game proved very useful. This 

 Bureau also cooperated in a bird display shown in connection with the 

 annual flower show given at the St. Francis Hotel, in San Francisco. 



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