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as to the promulgation of regulations which 

 may be deemed suitable for the govern- 

 ing of the shooting privileges under permits 

 to be issued by you as instructed above. 

 Sincerely yours, 

 (Signed) Cato Sells, Commissioner. 

 Approved: April 30, 1918. 

 Alexander T. Vogelsang, 

 First Assistant Secretary. 



The Biological Survey, ever helpful in 

 such matters, already has a man on the 

 ground trapping such predatory animals 



as are injurious to the breeding wild 

 fowl and will, this summer, have a man 

 investigating further the bird-life of the 

 region. 



Stinking Lake is now a bird sanctuary 

 and is the only one of the first importance 

 over a ^ast area of our southwestern 

 country. Its value as a breeding-place for 

 Ducks and as a haven of refuge for them 

 during migration can hardly be over- 

 estimated. 



A BIRD HOSPITAL 



By DR. W. W. ARNOLD 



For a number of years my attention has 

 been directed to the large numbers of 

 maimed birds ever present here in Colorado 

 Springs, and greatly augmented after the 

 migratory waves of bird-life in the spring- 

 time and early autumn. That it was 

 within my power to extend to these un- 

 fortunates a rescuing hand did not grasp 

 my mind until one day a tender-hearted 

 lassie brought to me a Nighthawk with a 

 broken wing, and with tearful voice shot 

 at me the question, "Doctor, can't you 

 make this bird's broken wing well just 

 as you do the broken arms of the little 

 boys and girls?" This opened a door into a 

 new world in which I have now been revel- 

 ing for several years, deluged with delights 

 and surprises foreign to ordinary mortals, 

 and solving the mystery of eternal youth. 



A commodious aviary was erected, 

 answering the purposes of a general 

 hospital, where the aerial voyagers, 

 arrested in their journeys to and fro across 

 the country by some unfortunate accident, 

 are cared for as tenderly as though so 

 many children. When recovered from 

 their disabilities, these feathered patients 

 are given their liberty, returning to their 

 accustomed haunts in life, and taking up 

 again their numerous activities in behalf 

 of the welfare and happiness of mankind. 



These feathered patients very quickly 

 adjust themselves to the novelty of the 

 shut-in life of the hospital, and, by the 

 time the repair processes are completed, 

 have become contented and gentle. 



The intimate relationship established 



with the birds, while ministering to the 

 relief of their various disabilities, reveals 

 phases and secrets of bird-life obtainable 

 in no other way and flashing with constant 

 surprises. 



The varieties of feathered patients 

 brought to the hospital represent about all 

 the bird families of the Pikes Peak region, 



STUBBY, A BLACK-HEADEU GROSBEAK 

 Wing and leg broken by gunshot. Wing recov- 

 ered, foot amputated. Has been in the hospital 

 four or five years. 



found in summer and winter, from the rare 

 and fairylike Calliope Hummingbird, the 

 common Tern, a rare visitor of the region, 

 to the Raven and Golden Eagle. 



A very satisfactory percentage of the 

 injured birds recover and are sent back 



