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to seventy-five cents apiece, then they fell to forty cents and later they were 

 bringing only about twenty-five cents. 



"When influence was brought to bear on the Milliners' Association to 

 refrain from using the skins of our native birds, Grebe hunting was abruptly 

 stopped by sending word to the hunters that no more Grebe skins would be 

 bought. This proved to us a good example of what the Audubon Society 

 has accomplished by cutting at the roots instead of hacking off the branches. 



"We wish to call attention to a few facts concerning the protection of 

 Wild Ducks in this section of the country. 



" The Lake region of Southern Oregon is perhaps the greatest feeding and 

 breeding ground for water fowl on the Pacific coast. All the lakes east of 



YOUNG WESTERN GREBE 

 Photographed by Finley and Bohlman 



Klamath county are fairly well protected, because, as yet, the Ducks and 

 Geese that live there are out of reach of the market hunter. This is not the 

 case in Klamath county. Although these lakes are about seventy miles 

 from the nearest railroad station, yet they are in the hands of market hunt- 

 ers, who slaughter the ducks by the thousands for the San Francisco 

 markets. 



"There are from twenty to thirty camps of these professional hunters, 

 stationed along the border of Lower Klamath and the north end of Tule 

 Lake every winter, and shooting is carried on the entire season. When the 

 Ducks are flying, each hunter will bag from lOO to 150 birds a day. These 

 hunters keep two wagons at work the entire season. When the weather is 

 moderate the wagons visit the camps three times a week and collect the 

 Ducks in sacks, which are sent to Montague, California, where they are 

 expressed to San Francisco. In colder weather these wagons go only on 

 Tuesdays and Fridays. We were told there were 120 tons of Ducks shipped 



