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is functioning to such extent that readily answerable are questions asked 

 by the general public concerning fish ponds; identification, seasons, 

 drying, acclimatization and diseases of fish; identification, economic 

 value, poisons, migration, songs, houses, eggs and life history of birds ; 

 game bird farming; fur farming; muskrats, hunting, deer, mountain 

 lion, squirrels and trapping of animals, as well as those regarding alli- 

 gator farming. 



Outstanding in the accessions are the following books : 



Nature Library, Doubleday Page & Co., 17 vols. 



Birds of California, Dawson, 3 vols. 



Series of British Birds. 



Ducks of the World, Phillips, 4 vols. 



Natural History, Thomson, 3 vols. 



Text Book of Zoology, Parker and Haswell, 2 vols. 



Pheasants, Their Lives and Homes, Beebe, 2 vols. 



Set of publications of California Academy of Sciences. 



Almost complete file of Cornell Rural School Leaflets. 



Guide to the Study of Fishes, Jordan, 2 vols. 



Marine Products of Commerce, Tressler. 



U. S. Bureau of Fisheries Reports and Bulletins. 



California Mammals, Stephens. 



Life Histories of Northern Animals, Seton. 2 vols. 



EDITORIAL AND PUBLICATIONS 



Eight numbers of the quarterly, California Fish and Game, compris- 

 ing 617 pages, have been issued. Special numbers published were Game 

 Propagation Number, April, 1927, Commercial Fisheries Number, 

 January, 1928, and Convention Number, April, 1928. The policy is to 

 make the magazine one which teaches conservation and acts as an 

 historical record of conservation progress in California. California Fish 

 and Game is widely used for reference by high school students. The 

 mailing list for this magazine was completely revised in the fall of 

 1927. The names dropped from the list have been replaced by numer- 

 ous applications which have been received from members of fish and 

 game protective associations and other individuals. 



The biennial report in the fall of 1926 contained ninety-eight pages 

 and thirty-eight pages of statistics. 



Two additions were made to the series of Teachers' Bulletins. A 

 revised edition of "Bird Study for California Schools" was issued in 

 April, 1928. The edition of 10,000 will be quickly exhausted, judging 

 from the demands therefor. This bulletin furnishes the instructor with 

 interesting and valuable suggestions and materials for teaching. There 

 is also included a guide to the study of the commoner California birds, 

 a list of birds that everyone should know and a bibliography. Scien- 

 tific names have not been used and the bulletin has filled a long-felt 

 need. A smaller bulletin dealing with owls and their economic relations 

 is ready for the press. A fish bulletin dealing with the California 

 sardine, contained 222 pages. 



A small booklet containing colored plates of hawks was secured from 

 the American Nature Association. This was placed in the hands of 

 teachers and others interested in learning more about predatory species. 



New series of handbills suitable for distribution at fairs and other 

 meeting places were issued in the fall of 1928, also one summarizing 

 the work of the various departments of the Commission and special ones 

 devoted .to game bird propagation and fish propagation. 



