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REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



At the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Fish and Game 

 Commission, in cooperation with the California Academy of Sciences, 

 installed an extensive exhibit depicting the wild life resources of Cali- 

 fornia. Several habitat groups of game mammals were conspicuously 

 placed in appropriate surroundings. To the south was a fine group of 

 desert mountain sheep, to the west a group of black-tailed deer and to 

 the north a typical hunter's camp among redwoods. In the camp were 

 hung some of the different species of game birds, and tree squirrels 

 and mountain blue jays were to be seen perched in the trees overhead. 

 Between the major groups and placed in rocky caves were a black bear 

 watching her cubs at play, and a mountain lion guarding her kittens 



Fig, 3. Studies in deer locomotion. Photographs by E. W. Smalley. 



while they fought over a dead fawn. An aquarium contained live 

 golden trout from the Whitney region and representatives of other 

 trout found in the state. Attractive colored booklets, giving facts in 

 regard to fish and game and a statement of the reasons for saving the 

 wild life resources of the state, were distributed by the assistant in 

 charge of the information booth. Exhibits were also installed at the 

 State Fair, the Chico Fair and at other county fairs. 



Under the direction of Charles R. Gilmore, engineer-draftsman, the 

 Avork of recording on maps accurate data on lakes and streams, which 

 was instituted in 1912, has been continued. Eventually these maps 

 will show the location of lakes and streams, the volume of water in 



