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duced by A. J. Levy, and intended to 

 cripple and destroy the present plumage 

 law. To he effective, this should be done at 

 once. 



Two other important measures are 

 before the Legislature of New York State. 



1. Senate Bill No. 9, introduced by 

 Senator J. L. Long (same as Assembly 

 Bill No. 2, introduced by Frederick 

 Sheide), is for the purpose of opening up 

 the duck shooting on Long Island until 

 April I. This should be killed. 



2. Senate Bill No. 513, introduced by 

 Senator Howard R. Bayne, to prohibit 

 the sale of feathered game in New York. 

 This measure should become a law. It 

 would do more for the protection of the 

 game birds of New York State than any 

 other game law on the statute books. — 

 T. G. P. 



Cold Storage of Game 



One of the most beneficial game laws 

 on the statute books of New York State 

 is the provision which prohibits the sale 

 of Woodcock, Grouse or Quail taken 

 within the state, and prohibits the pos- 

 session of such birds during the closed 

 season except under bond to the state of 

 New York that such bonded birds shall 

 not be sold or taken from cold storage 

 until the following open season. The 

 open season on Quail is from November i 

 to November 30, both inclusive; on Wood- 

 cock and Grouse, from October i to Novem- 

 ber 30, both inclusive. On the waders, 

 Plover, Snipe, Rail, etc., the same sale 

 provisions apply, and the open season is 

 September 16 to December 31, both in- 

 clusive. Following are approximate figures 

 of game birds held under bond in cold 

 storage in New York at the present time: 



Wild Ducks 98,156 



Plover 48,780 



Quail 14,227 



Grouse 21,202 



Snipe 7,825 



Woodcock 967 



Rail 419 



Black Cock. 301 



Total 191,877 



Many of the game birds sold in New 

 York are imported from foreign countries, 

 and some of the game dealers contend 

 that they should be permitted to sell these, 

 if they choose, during the spring and 

 summer months. On the other hand, 

 students of game protection write em- 

 phatically declaring that such license 

 would open the door for widespread abuses 

 as many of our native birds can readily be 

 substituted for foreign game, and further 

 inducements would thus be held out for 

 those who wish to kill birds illegally. 



At the date of going to press, there are 

 heard many rumors that certain whole- 

 sale game dealers will attempt to have the 

 law repealed at this session of the New 

 York Legislature, or at least to modify it 

 in such a way as to be of advantage to 

 their personal interests and a menace to 

 the birds of the state. We urge all readers 

 of Bird-Lore to keep a sharp lookout for 

 the appearance of such a measure at 

 Albany, and, if the bill is introduced, to 

 use their influence at once with their 

 Senators and Assemblymen to secure its 

 defeat.— T. G. P. 



Elk Starving in Wyoming 



A few years ago, during a trip in the 

 West, the writer became more deeply 

 interested than ever before in the prob- 

 lem connected with saving the remnant of 

 big game that still inhabits the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



Some of the members of the Audubon 

 Society, with others, are working hard to 

 accomplish results in the direction of big- 

 game preservation. The following ex- 

 tract from a letter written February 4, 

 by S. N. Leek, of Jackson, Wyoming, 

 tells a pitiful tale of the hardships to 

 which the elk of that territory are now 

 subjected: 



"We have a Yellowstone Park, and a 

 Teton State Game Preserve, together 

 containing something over 3,000,000 acres, 

 where all hunting is prohibited; on this 

 vast region there is a great deal of game. 

 The region is of such an elevation that 

 the game cannot winter there, but must 



