The Oologist. 



VOL. XVIII. NO. 2. 



ALBION. N. T., FEB., 1901. 



Whole No. 175 



The Oologist. 



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OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND 

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* The Birds of Michiigfan and Their 

 Protection. 



Members oj the Agassiz Ass'n: — 

 I ana rt quested to address you on the 



subject of bird protection, and gladly 

 accept your kind invitation. For the 

 purposes of the present discussion, 

 birds may be divided into two classes: 

 First, game birds; second, birds that 

 are not considered game. By game 

 birds I mean edible birds, the pursuit 

 and taking of which affords sport for 

 the gunner. There are several species 

 of birds, however, that are edible and 

 that never should be killed by sports, 

 men because of their beauty, or their 

 quality as songsters, or their value to 

 agriculture as Insect eaters. The birds 

 which may be properly classed as game 

 birds, and which are found in your 

 state are: Web footed wild fowl, the 

 Grouse family, the Sand pipers, the 

 Plover family, the Snipe family, the 

 Quail family, the Curlew family. 



The Wood Duck is usually classed as 

 a game bird and is eagerly pursued by 

 sportsmen, but as a matter of fact, it 

 should never be killed. Within the 

 past few years it has become exceed- 

 ingly rare and is threataned with early 

 extinction. Still it is one of the most 

 beautiful plumage birds on this conti- 

 nent. Its economic value as an article 

 of food is so small that it should never 

 be hunted or shot at by any true sports- 

 man. I hope to live to see the time 

 when all states will have laws protect- 

 ing the Wood Duck, for all time to 

 come. 



In fact, all migratory water fowls are 

 threatened with extermination and un- 

 less all states and all Canadian prov- 

 inces speedily enact and enforce pro- 



* A paper addressing Chapter 176 Detroit B., 

 Agassiz Ass'n. 



