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Pelicans being raised, and there still being 

 400 occupied nests. 



Warden Small, of Old Man Island, 

 Maine, reports the largest colony of Her- 

 ring Gulls on the island that he has ever 

 seen, and also twenty-five pairs of Eider 

 Ducks. Our colony of these birds bids 

 fair to become a very large one in time. 



Legislation 



Virginia. — The legislative results se- 

 cured during the present season have been, 

 in the main, rather disappointing; prin- 

 cipally, however, because we were unable 

 to secure all of the improvements in hird 

 and game laws that were desired. In only 



WARDEN SPRINKLE AND PATROL BOAT "ROYAL TERN" 



Warden Eastgate, of Stump Lake Reser- 

 vation, reports: "We have not had so 

 many Ducks in the sloughs on the prairie 

 as are^ here now; Mallards and Pintails 

 have good-sized nests of eggs. Think 

 there will be a large number of local birds 

 breed this year. Pinnated and Sharp- 

 tailed Grouse are everywhere; the Pin- 

 nated much thicker than ever before." 



The above reports show the very great 

 value, in actual results secured, of bird 

 refuges. More of them are needed. 



one instance, however, was any decided 

 setback experienced. This was in Virginia, 

 where the legislature amended the model 

 law by removing protection from Owls, 

 Hawks, Eagles, Blackbirds, Ricebirds, 

 Bobolinks and Doves, and amended the 

 game law by removing all protection from 

 Wilson's Snipe and Robin Snipe. Such 

 legislation is retrograde in character, and 

 it is hard to understand how legislators of 

 intelligence are willing to enact such 

 statutes in view of the present general 



