398 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [16:9— Dec, 1920 



wonder to see a flock of rooks usually attended by a train of daws, 

 yet it is strange that the former should so frequently have a flight 

 of starlings for their satellites. Is it because rooks have a more 

 discerning scent than their attendants, and can lead them to spots 

 more productive of food? Anatomists say that rooks, by reason 

 of two large nerves which run down between the eyes into the upper 

 mandible, have a more delicate feeling in their beaks than other 

 round-billed birds. Perhaps then their associates attend them on 

 the motive of interest, as Irons are said to do on the yelping of 

 jackals." 



Gilbert White never tired of his investigations. He says: 

 "Though I have travelled the Sussex-downs upwards of 30 years, 

 yet I still investigate that chain of majestic mountains with fresh 

 admiration year by year. Yet in great modesty he states, "My 

 remarks are the result of many years' observation ; and are, I trust, 

 true on the whole : though I do not pretend to say that they are 

 perfectly void of mistake, or that a more nice observer might not 

 make many additions, since subjects of this kind are inexhaustible." 



U. S. Has 7,000,000 Hunters 



Returns From State Licenses Amount to $4,500,000 



There are 7,000,000 hunters in the United States, according to the Chief 

 Game Warden in the Biological Survey of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. This estimate was made from reports issued by the various 

 States. 



In 1919, 3,600,000 State licenses were issued, and in addition it is estimated 

 that 3,500,000 hunters are exempted under various State provisions. The 

 returns to the States from licenses was approximately $3,500,000, all of which 

 was expended by the States in administration of State laws in the protection of 

 game. This sum permits the employment of approximately 2,000 salaried 

 State Game Wardens and 600 fee wardens. The Congressional appropriation 

 for Federal game warden service for protection of migratory birds is $142,500, 

 which permits the employment of only twenty-nine wardens. 



At its recent meeting in Ottawa, the International Association of Fish, Game 

 and Conservation Commissioners adopted a resolution calling for the issuance 

 of Federal licenses for hunting migratory birds. The recommendation called 

 for licenses in the form of special stamps to be issued by postmasters and 

 attached to State licenses. It was estimated that the revenue from such 

 licenses would amount to between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, which could be 

 used for the protection of game. 



