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lional fishing water because of their necessarily great variation in sur- 

 face level the matter of an adaptable stocking policy is under con- 

 sideration. Of late years, the winter migration of steelheads that 

 formerly stocked these streams has become all but extinct, and tlie 

 lower courses of most of the creeks seldom carry water to the bay. 

 The proposed dams will not better this condition and it is altogether 

 likely that the little natural spawning of trout that uoav occurs will 

 entirely cease. — J. 0. Snyder, August, 1.934. 



ADDITION TO LIST OF TOTALLY EXCLUDED BIRDS, 

 STATE IMPORTATION LAW 



In accordance with the provisions of section 9 of Chapter 76, 

 ►Statutes of 1933, the Fish and Game Commission and the State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture have added the Hawaii rice bird {Munm nisoria 

 Temminck), belonging to the Ploceidae or weaver finches. It is a 

 native of Malaysia. This bird is therefore added to the list of totally 

 excluded species listed under regulation 1, pages 3 and 4 of the "Rules 

 and Regulations Governing the Importation of Wild Birds and Animals 

 into the State of California and Conditions under which Same May Be 

 Kept in Confinement." 



The birds are dull colored, have no song that is worthy of the 

 name and are rather unsatisfactory cage birds. Their food is primarily 

 seeds of weeds and grasses. In rice growing districts, the principal 

 food in seasons when available is the green or unripe rice grain. As 

 the birds are extremely gregarious, the damage they do to rice is very 

 considerable. In seasons when the rice is not heading, or when the 

 grains are too hard, the birds feed on seeds of grasses and weeds. 



