The Audubon Societies 



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Cheyenne River, Indian Reservations, 

 South Dakota, are hereby promulgated: 



"All Indians, including mixed bloods, 

 are forbidden to shoot or kill any Prairie 

 Chicken, Pinnated Grouse, Sharp-tailed 

 Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, Woodcock, or 

 Quail between the first day of January 

 and the first day of September following, 

 or any song-bird or insect-eating bird at 

 any time, excepting Crows, Blackbirds 

 and Sparrows. 



"All Indians, including mixed bloods, 

 are forbidden to shoot or kill any Wild 

 Duck, Wild Goose, Brant, or Wild Crane, 

 between the first day of May and the first 

 day of September following, or to shoot 

 or kill any Plover or Curlew, between 

 the fifteenth day of May and the first day 

 of September following. 



"It is hereby forbidden to kill or shoot 

 at any time any Wild Duck, Goose, or 

 Brant, with any swivel gun, or other gun, 

 except such as is commonly shot from the 

 shoulder, or in hunting such birds to make 

 use of any artificial light or battery. 



"It is hereby forbidden to use or employ 

 any trap, snare, net, or bird-lime, or medi- 

 cated, drugged, or poisoned grain or food, 

 to capture or kill any of the birds men- 

 tioned above. 



"It is also forbidden to wantonly destroy 

 any nests or eggs of any song- or game- 

 birds. 



"During the open season, only Indians 

 residing on the reservation will be per- 

 mitted to shoot or kill game-birds there- 

 on, and then only for the purpose of sub- 

 sistence. 



"The Secretary of the Interior is here- 

 by directed to cause to be issued such 

 orders or instructions to the United States 

 Indian agents, or other persons in charge 

 of the above-named reservations, as may 

 be necessary to carry out these regula- 

 tions." 



Mr. Holmes says: "Spring shooting 

 has got to go. We shall settle that at the 

 next session of the legislature. Our game 

 laws are being enforced better than ever, 

 and we are gaining in membership and 

 accomplishment right along. A book upon 

 birds has been placed in very many of the 



school libraries of the state, probably 

 50 per cent of them, and will go into most 

 of the others." 



Massachusetts Notes 



On July 10, 1908, I visited the now well- 

 known colony of Least Terns at Katama 

 Bay, in company with the Rev. Albert 

 Hylan and Deputy Fish and Game Com- 

 missioner Savery. This colony, which 

 was believed to be the last one remaining 

 in New England, has moved, this year, 

 toward the point where the beach is low, 

 and the tides sometimes sweep over it. 

 Mr. Savery tells me that there were be- 

 tween forty and fifty birds there in the 

 spring, and that most of the birds had 

 eggs; but, during a high June tide, the 

 sea swept the beach, and the birds were 

 obliged to nest again. We counted twenty- 

 four birds here at one time, and were satis- 

 fied that there were fully thirty, as others 

 were nesting further up the beach. Twelve 

 nests were found, with one to three eggs 

 each, and two young just hatched were 

 seen. Six eggs were found in each of two 

 nests, but possibly they were placed there 

 by some of the many visitors at the beach. 

 Cat tracks were seen, and evidently the 

 birds are much disturbed. Probably their 

 eggs and young are trodden upon by 

 people who visit the beach. A native 

 boatman informed me that city boys, who 

 go gunning on the beach in July and 

 August, shoot the mother Terns as they 

 hover over their helpless young. Ap- 

 parently this colony of Least Terns is 

 diminishing in numbers; it should be given 

 better protection. If the beach were pur- 

 chased and a warden kept there through 

 the summer to prevent shooting, and to 

 kill maurauding cats, no doubt the num- 

 ber of birds would increase. 



I visited many islands and beaches dur- 

 ing the month of July, and, judging from 

 my experience, the Least Terns are now 

 slowly increasing in numbers in Massa- 

 chusetts. A few birds were breeding in 

 each of several localities, and two colonies 

 of about fifty birds each were seen. All 

 told, 173 birds were counted, and possibly 



