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point off one of those many beautiful 

 channel islands in the western part of the 

 bay." 



"It is time sportsmen united in an 

 effort to save our shore birds and wild 

 fowl before they are utterly extermi- 

 nated/' said Corbin. " I hope they 

 won't wait until it is too late, as they did 

 in the case of the pigeon, buffalo, and 

 beaver. ' ' 



" Four new laws would insure good 

 wild-fowling and bay snipe and plover 

 shooting for many years," responded 

 Seth; "or, at least, save the species from 

 being killed off entirely: (i) Restrict bat- 

 tery shooting to waters that do not flow 

 over actual feeding-grounds, or do away 

 with the machine altogether; (2) abolish 

 spring shooting let the fowl season end 

 April 1st instead of May 1st; (3) rid the 

 land of the plumage gatherer, the brutal 

 destroyer who tears off wings and heads of 

 all species of birds, in and out of season, 

 for the millinery store ; (4) put down the 



