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this increased protection and elimination of spring shooting 

 has been a noticeable increase in the numbers of wild fowl. 

 This increase has also been observed by Canadian sportsmen. 



The results of the Federal Migratory Bird Law in the 

 United States indicated the possibilities and served to em- 

 phasize strongly the need of international co-operation be- 

 tween Canada and the United States in the protection of 

 those species of birds which migrate from one country to the 

 other. 



The importance of international co-operation in this mat- 

 ter had been realized for a number of years, but no official 

 action was taken until the United States Senate adopted a 

 resolution, on July 7, 1913, requesting the President to pro- 

 pose to the governments of other countries the negotiation 

 of a convention for the protection of migratory birds. This 

 resolution was not acted upon until the following year. In 

 the meantime several organizations and individuals in 

 Canada and the United States took steps to further the 

 proposal for international action. On December 10, 1913, 

 at the instance of the Department of Colonization, Mines, 

 and Fisheries of the Province of Quebec, Mr. H. R. Charl- 

 ton, of Montreal, introduced the subject of the proposed 

 convention at the annual meeting of the North American 

 Fish and Game Protective Association at Ottawa, and 

 moved the following resolution, which was adopted: 



That the executive committee be requested to place itself in communi- 

 cation with the various provincial governments of Canada to urge upon 

 them the importance of soliciting the good offices of the Dominion Gov- 

 ernment in obtaining the negotiation of a convention or treaty between 

 Great Britain and the United States, looking to the more efficient pro- 

 tection of migratory birds, now threatened with extinction, and following 

 as much as possible the lines laid down in the accompanying suggested 

 draft. 



In January, 1914, the question of international co-operation 

 was informally discussed by the writer with the Biological 



