ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



1447 



but the case of the sage grouse is taken as a 

 special text. The tragic fate of the Eastern 

 pinnated grouse, or heath hen, is held up as a 

 fearful example. 



This drive is made now for the reason that 

 the legislatures of all those western states con- 

 vene for their biennial sessions next January. 



Coincident with the issue of Bulletin No. 5, 

 there was sent to Texas 2,500 copies of a large 

 illustrated poster, showing in most striking 

 fashion how the birds and deer and other game 

 of that state are being slaughtered. With this 

 exhibit a strong demand is made for sweeping 

 reforms. All the illustrations are from Texas 

 sources. 



It is to be noted that even a bag limit of 

 four birds per day has not been sufficient to 

 maintain the ruffed grouse of New York on a 

 continuing basis ; and now the sportsmen of the 

 state are thoroughly alarmed and are them- 

 selves looking for a way to prevent the extinc- 

 tion of their finest game bird. 



It would seem that there is only one way to 

 save the upland game birds of America on a 

 continuing basis, and that is by immediately 

 giving all of them six-year close seasons ; and if 

 that is not sufficient, carry absolute protection 

 still further. After that, when the birds come 

 back sufficiently to render shooting possible, 

 the open season should be only one week of 

 each year, and the daily bag limit should be 

 two grouse and five quail. 



Unfortunately, in thousands of localities, 

 both in the East and the West, the upland game 

 birds are now either gone forever, or else have 

 been shot down to such pitifully small remnants 

 that even with long close seasons they can not 

 recover. In thousands of places, local extinc- 

 tion already is an accomplished fact, and the 

 boys of those localities can learn of their local 

 grouse and quail only by looking at mounted 

 specimens in museums. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



July 1-December 31, 1916. 



Lii'E Mebibers. 



Condon, T. G., Harkness, Mrs. Edward S., 



duPont, Mrs. Wm. A., Harvey, Eli, 



Hepburn, A. Barton. 



Lawton, Mrs. James M., 

 Loewi, Dr. Karl J., 

 Low, William Oilman, Jr., 

 Marckwald, Albert H., 

 Marshall, Mrs. Chauncey, 

 Meyer, Eugene, Jr., 

 Miehling, Charles, 

 Mitchell, John R,., 

 Palmer, Edgar 

 Proctor, Mrs. Charles E., 



AXNUAL 



Bliss, Mrs. Walter P., 

 Bowdoin, George Temple, 

 Boyden, Dwight F., 

 Brengle, Lawrence J., 

 Chapman, Miss Fannv, 

 Cutting, R. Fulton, 

 Deane, W. B., 

 Ewing, Joseph Grant, 



Mebibers. 

 Garrard, Miss Margaret H. 

 Halsey, Charles W., 

 Hungerford, Richard S., 

 Johnson, Gilbert H., 

 Kellogg, J. Prentice, 

 Kennedy, Mrs. H. 



Rensselaer, 

 Lane, Miss Annie E., 



Reisinger, Curt H., 

 Roberts, Owen F., 

 Rodewald, F. L., 

 Roenig, Walter, 

 Saunders, Alfred H., 

 Saunders, Mrs. Virginia, 

 Stickels, Edward H., 

 Tiers, Mrs. Alexander H. 

 Virgin, Dr. Frederic O., 

 Whitney, Richard. 



WILD BIRDS BRED IN CAPTIVITY IN 

 THE UNITED STATES.* 



Compiled by Lee S. Crandall, 

 Assistant Curator of Birds. 



In the Bulletin for October, 1909, appeared 

 a list of "Wild Birds Bred in Captivity in the 

 Eastern United States," compiled by Mr. Wm. 

 Beebe and the writer. The species tlien record- 

 ed numbered eighty-two, and may be summar- 

 ized as follows : 



Galliformes (Pheasants, etc.) 26 



Columbiformes (Doves and Pigeons) 9 



Lariformes (Gulls) _ 1 



Gruiformes (Cranes) 1 



Ardeiformes (Herons) 2 



Anseriformes (Water-Fowl) 22 



Pelecaniformes (Pelecans and Cormorants) 1 



Accipitriformes (Eagles) 1 



Psittaciformes (Parrots) - 4 



Passeriformes (Perching Birds) _ 15 



Since the publication of the first list, a very 

 considerable number of species have earned a 

 place, and other records not then available 

 have come to light. These are enumerated in 

 the present list. The gratifying growth of in- 

 terest in aviculture which has occurred during 

 recent years makes it desirable that the record 

 of birds which have been bred successfully be 

 brought up to date. It is very difficult, of 

 course, in the absence of any organized cooper- 

 ation, to secure all data, and there is no doubt 

 of the omission of some species which should 

 have been included. Any corrections or addi- 

 tions will be received with gratitude by the 

 writer. Precedence has been given, whenever 

 possible, to the first known breeder of each 

 species. 



Although the globose curassow and the can- 

 vasback duck were included in the previous list, 

 later investigation has shown that in neither 

 case were the young birds fully reared, thus in- 

 validating the records. Since that time, how- 

 ever, both species have been bred, so that they 

 retain their positions, with different authorities. 



*The specimens named in this list are additions 

 to the ones printed in the Zoological Society Bulle- 

 TiK for October, 1909. 



