National Expenditure on the Mainte?iance of Gulls. 69 



Writing to The Field Mr. J. Harvie Brown states that certain 

 species of gull, if not all, are far too numerous not only on 

 account of the fish they destroy but other birds eggs and young. 



In a correspondence in The Scotsman the interest drifts also 

 into the increase of gulls on the upper reaches of rivers and the 

 destruction of trout and salmon fry there and of the young of 

 wild duck and grouse. Four correspondents describe reliable 

 evidence of this and four others express doubts since they have 

 not seen it. 



I am informed that the Irish Fishery Board gives already 1/- each 

 for cormorant's heads to save fresh water fish. 



It is at all events well to see the subject so widely discussed 

 from many points of view. 



J. B. 



