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such a resort for Ducks and other species 

 of birds, that, in order to give the most 

 efficient protection, it was found necessary 

 to furnish the warden, Mont. E. Hutchi- 

 son, with a power boat, to enable him to 

 patrol the lake and thus prevent theslaugh- 

 ter of the non-game birds at any time 

 and the Ducks and other game birds dur- 

 ing the closed season. The man behind 

 the gun and his companion "Towser" are 

 always on duty when the lake is free from 

 ice and they are the means of saving thou- 

 sands of birds that would otherwise be 

 sacrificed, some for millinery ornaments 

 and others from market shooters. 



Valuable Club Work 



The first annual report of the Committee 

 on Bird Protection of the Forest and Field 

 Club of Belmont, Massachusetts, is given 

 below. The results secured are so very 

 excellent that the plan is recommended 

 highly for adoption by held clubs and 

 village improvement societies in all parts 

 of the country. It is astonishing how 

 many valuable birds can be saved by the 



work of a few unselfish and public- 

 spirited persons who will devote a few 

 moments of their spare time to this move- 

 ment: 



"A new step in bird protection has been 

 adopted by the Forest and Field Club of 

 Belmont. A committee of three were 

 appointed, who were empowered to use 

 any money they might raise, as well as 

 one-half of the surplus money in the club's 

 treasury, toward the protection of birds 

 in Belmont. Every person who owned 

 any land in the shooting district was re- 

 quested to sign the following paper: 'I, the 

 undersigned, will allow the Forest and 

 Field Club of Belmont to post notices pro- 

 hibiting shooting and trapping upon my 

 grounds, and will allow their game war- 

 dens to enforce these orders, on the con- 

 dition that I thereby incur no expense. ' 

 As every paper was cheerfully signed, the 

 club was empowered to post upwards of 

 two square miles of woodland and pastures 

 An Italian, interested in bird protection, 

 translated the following notice into the 

 proper dialect of his native language: 'No 

 shooting or trapping allowed within these 



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GREBE' At'IU'lioN PATROL BOAT NO. 5 WITH WARDEN' HUTCHISON 



