GOVERNMENT PROTECTION OF BIRDS 309 



Harbour, in Queens County, Nova Scotia, the hunting and 

 killing of geese in this harbour below high-water mark are 

 prohibited. In 1919 Mr. J. A. Knight, chief game commis- 

 sioner, reported that the geese wintering at Port JoU were 

 more plentiful than usual. Such protection from moles- 

 tation will do much to maintain the abundance of these 

 birds visiting the south shore of the province. 



From the foregoing account it will be seen that a prom- 

 ising start has been made in the direction of government 

 reservations for our native bird fauna. Many other areas 

 have been recommended as suitable for reservation, and 

 there is every reason to believe that a policy that is sure to 

 have so important an effect on the conservation of this sec- 

 tion of our wild life will be continued both by the Dominion 

 and by the provincial governments. 



