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depends to a great extent on how re- 

 sourceful he happens to be. 



And now I will say in closing, do 

 not shoot a lot of birds with the idea 

 that you will pick out a few of the 

 best specimens and throw the others 

 away, for if a species is common 

 enough so that you can shoot them 

 that way, you should be able by exer- 

 cising care to pick individuals which 

 suit your needs, and very few need 

 be taken except those which are pre- 

 served. 



While I do not think that the speci- 



mens taken by collectors in this coun- 

 try have ever made any appreciable 

 difference in the number of birds in 

 any part of it, the carelessness and 

 cussedness of shooters in general has 

 in the past been a dreadful scourge 

 to all forms of wild life in America. 

 Keeping this in mind let your activi- 

 ties be so governed that when the 

 time comes for you to finally put 

 away the gun and the egg drill for 

 good, that your conscience may be 

 perfectly clear. 



Great Horned Owl Nest. — Walter A. Goelitz 



