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several articles have been published in California Fish and Game 

 designed mainly for their use, and teachers' bulletins No. 6, entitled, 

 "Bats as Desirable Citizens," by J. Grinnell, and No. 7, entitled "The 

 Control of the House Sparrow in California," by H. C. Bryant, have 

 been added- to the bulletin series for the use of teachers. The Bird 

 and Arbor Day Manual for 1916, issued by the Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, contained several articles furnished by this bureau 

 dealing with the wild life resources of the state, and with suggestions 

 as to how these resources may be presented to pupils in the schools. 



In order that those contributing to, and interested in, the conserva- 

 tion of wild life in California might receive direct information from 

 the commission administering the wdld life resources, the publication 

 of a quarterly illustrated magazine entitled California Fish and Game 

 was begun. The motto chosen for the publication was "Conservation 

 through education." The first number appeared in October, 1914. 

 The October number, 1915, completed volume 1, a volume containing 

 261 pages and 58 illustrations. The departments regularly appearing 

 were general articles, editorials, hatchery and fishery notes, conserva- 

 tion in other states, life history notes, wild life in relation to agricul- 

 ture, and reports. The editor has taken pains to select only authentic 

 contributions for publication and has eliminated as far as possible the 

 imaginative and hearsay tales which so often appear in like periodicals. 

 Such sentiments as the following have been editorially expressed in the 

 magazine : the effectiveness of game preservation is governed by the 

 interest of the people, and the spirit of those who hunt and fish ; the 

 recognition of scientific truths combined with a practical knowledge of 

 the working of correct laws are essential things in the working of game 

 administration; accurate statistical information is the one essential 

 foundation upon which protective legislation must rest ; nothing can be 

 of more value to the cause of game protection at the present time than 

 a systematic campaign of education conducted officially by the game 

 department in every state in the Union. The second volume of Cali- 

 fornia Fish and Game, two numbers of which have already appeared, 

 will surpass the first volume in the character of the illustrations and 

 in the articles published. The periodical is sent to citizens of the 

 state who make application, and to game departments and interested 

 parties in other states. The demand for this publication has proved to 

 be so great that the first editions numbering five thousand became inade- 

 quate, and later editions had to be materially increased. Nor does the 

 information contained in California Fish and Game reach only those 

 to whom the magazine is sent ; for newspapers regularly copy articles 

 printed therein. More than seventy-five newspapers copied articles 

 from the October, 1915, number. 



