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The Illinois Game and Fish Division, William J. Stratton, Chief Game 

 an Fish Warden, turned in receipts in excess of expenditures last year to 

 the amount of nearly $28,000. In the last five years there has been a net 

 profit to the state from this source of over $94,000. These profits have 

 been used for other purposes than the conservation of game and fish. This 

 should not be. They should be used to improve the service and to invest 

 in areas where game and fish may thrive. Tell your political friends that. 



Proposed Park Area for Illinois. Two years ago a bill was introduced 

 by Representative Harlan B. Kauffman to provide for a state park board 

 to formulate a comprehensive system of state parks, forests, etc., and an 

 annual appropriation of $250,000 was to be made available for the carry- 

 ing out by the department of public works of this program. The bill 

 failed of support in the House. A similar bill will doubtless be brought 

 up at this coming session. Your political friends should be interested in 

 that. 



Other matters of moment to all lovers of wild life may come up. The 

 pollution of the water courses in our state and destruction of potential 

 food resources therein continue in spite of protest. The Urbana Gas and 

 Electric Company has been indicted on the charge of permitting chemicals 

 from their plant to enter the waters of Salt Creek. A corporation at 

 Aurora is charged with polluting the waters of Fox River and killing the 

 fish. Chicago continues to wash its filth down the Illinois Valley. Perhaps 

 there is a legislative way to checkmate this. 



There is a possibility that the friends of the Quail will propose a five 

 year closed season at this time. Now that a Federal Court has ruled that 

 the Mourning Dove is a migratory bird, there may be an effort to remove 

 this bird from the list of game birds of Illinois. For sentimental reasons alone 

 the Audubonites will wish to speak a word for these birds. The Quail is 

 coming to be regarded as an economic necessity. Let us try to persuade 

 sportsmen to join with us in protecting the Quail. Tell your political friends 

 how yen feel about that. 



A New Edition 



It is gratifying to be able to announce the appearance of the 

 second edition of The Birds of New York by Elon Howard Eaton, 

 and published and issued as a memorial of the New York State 

 Museum. It is in two large quarto volumes, beautifully printed, 

 and illustrated by excellent drawings and half tones and by 106 

 large color plates of birds after original paintings by Louis 

 Agassiz Fuertes. The first edition has been out of print for 

 some years and the appearance of the second edition is peculiarly 

 welcome for that reason. This exceedingly valuable work is 

 distributed by the state of New York at cost, this being six 

 dollars for the two volumes plus the postage. The work can 

 be obtained bv addressing the New York State Museum, Albany, 

 New York. It might be added that the colored plates can be 

 obtained separately in a portfolio at the nominal cost of one dol- 

 lar for the entire portfolio. The plates thus issued in separate 

 form are not printed on as heavy paper as in the bound volumes 

 and lose somewhat in value because of that, but even as it is, 

 a portfolio of such valuable colored plates at the price mentioned 

 is an exceptional bargain. 



