California Fish and Game 



"conservation of wild life through education." 

 Volume 29 SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY, 1943 No. 1 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



In the Service of Their Country 2 



A Study of Nesting Canada Geese in Honey Lake Valley, Cali- 

 fornia Jay S. Dow 3 



Twelfth Annual Black Brant Census in California. -James Moffitt 19 



The Effect of Mining Silt on Yield of Fry from Salmon Spawning 



Beds Paul A. Shaw and John A. Maga 29 



Editorials and Notes — 



Special Regulations Affecting the 1942 Deer Season 42 



Twenty -five Years Ago in "California Fish and Game" 43 



Retirement of J. C. Lewis 44 



Retirement of Henry Lencioni 44 



Retirement of J. D. Dondero 45 



Reports 46 



California Fish and Game is a publication devoted to the conservation of wild- 

 life. It is published quarterly by the California Division of Fish and Game. All 

 material for publication should be sent to Brian Curtis, Editor, Division of Fish and 

 Game, Ferry Building'. San Francisco, California. 



The articles published herein are not copyrighted and may be reproduced in 

 other periodicals, provided due credit is given the author and the California Division of 

 Fish and Game. Editors of newspapers and periodicals are invited to make use of 

 pertinent material. 



Subscribers are requested to notify the Division of Fish and Game, Ferry Build- 

 ing, San Francisco. California, of changes of address, giving old address as well as 

 the new. 



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