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that even pintails and scanp or MncMlls, which commonly 

 nest in the far north, are now nesting in some of these 

 marshes. There is no reason why we cannot rear large num- 

 bers of dncks and eventually geese also in ^lassachusetts if 

 this law can be maintained and enforced. 



Respectfully submitted, 



EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH, 



State Ornithologist. 



