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speedy and overwhelming defeat of any such legislation. 



A statute prohibiting Sunday hunting should be incor- 

 porated in the State game laws so as to make it the 

 especial duty of the game wardens to look to its enforce- 

 ment. Capt. Robert Magwood, Charleston, suggests: 

 "Stop all Sunday hunting, as Sunday hunters seem to hunt 

 almost every Sunday and therefore hunt more than other 

 hunters. The latter do not get out as a rule more than 

 once or twice a month.' ' The same respondent, suggests 

 also: "Make non-resident license very high. When they 

 are here they hunt more than residents.' ' 



Any system of game bird conservation, either public or 

 private, provides conditions under which the non-game 

 birds also thrive. Mr. J. A. Harvey, Berkeley, writes: 

 ''From my observation the game preserves do more for 

 the protection of game generally than any other agency in 

 operation." All friends of the protection of non-game 

 birds should also be game bird protectionists. The pre- 

 servation of the former is inextricably bound up with that 

 of the latter. 



One way in which to conserve game birds directly and 

 increase the numbers of non-game birds is by the estab- 

 lishment of bird reservations. Those under the National 

 and State governments and the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies have been most successful in fulfilling 

 the purpose for which they were established. 



Summary and Conclusions 



Conclusive evidence seems to be given that: 



1 The birds of the State are rapidly decreasing, follow- 

 ing the general decrease all over the country. 



2 Man in his various activities, including the importation 

 of natural enemies, including the elements, are only sec- 

 ondary causes of decrease. 



4 With the exception of the native natural enemies, all 

 other destructive enemies are rapidly on the decrease. 



5 The destruction is greatest among those species which 

 are most hunted for food and sport. 



