BULLETIN NUMBER TWO 57 



tain partridges, outside of a protected ranch in the Salinas 

 Valley. 



This does not mean that the game is disappearing, but 

 it does mean that to all appearances the game has abso- 

 lutely, and utterly, and entirely disappeared from these 

 areas; and there is a serious doubt in my mind whether 

 there is enough seed stock left to re-establish many of the 

 game animals and birds over very large areas of their 

 former range. 



The most thoroughgoing measures of killing under ''pro- 

 tection" will not serve. Nothing but absolute prohibition 

 of all killing in many districts will save the remnants! I 

 am not an alarmist, but I state the facts as I saw them. 

 In addition to what I saw myself I made everywhere in- 

 quiries as to the condition of game; and without special 

 memoranda made at the time, my general recollection is 

 that the universal testimony was not as to diminishing 

 numbers, but as to the complete disappearance of game. 



