190 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



April 23. — A hearing was held before the Committee on the District 

 of Columbia of the House of Representatives to consider H. R. 

 No. 7360, introduced by Representative Graham of Illinois, to 

 prohibit the sale of game in the District of Columbia. 



April 26. — Gov. Charles S. Whitman signed the bill giving the quail 

 of New York, not including Long Island, an additional two-year 

 close season. Some years ago the quail in certain parts of the 

 state had become markedly decreased in numbers, so that in 

 1913 a five-year close season was provided. The new law thus 

 provided a total of seven years continuous protection for New 

 York's remnant of quails, but there is little reason to hope 

 that the quail ever can recover sufficiently to justify further 

 quail shooting. 



April 29. — Through the signature of Gov. Charles S. Whitman the 

 cat bill recently passed by the legislature became a law. The 

 new law reads in part as follows : 



"Any person over the age of twenty-one years who is the 

 holder of a valid hunting and trapping license, may, and it shall 

 be the duty of a game protector or other peace officer to, hu- 

 manely destroy a cat at large found hunting or killing any bird 

 protected by law or with a dead bird of any species protected 

 by law in its possession; and no action for damages shall be 

 maintained for such killing." 



June 11. — The largest government-owned breeding-place for wild 

 fowl, formerly called Mud Lake, and located in New Mexico, 

 was named Lake Burford, in honor of Miles W. Burford, Presi- 

 dent of the New Mexico Game Protection Association, who died on 

 Nov. 8, 1917. The change in the name of the lake was authorized 

 by the National Geographic Board. 



June 14. — By order of the State Game Commission of Michigan, 

 the hunting of ruffed grouse was prohibited for one year. The 

 action met with the hearty support of the sportsmen of the 

 state, many of whom urged that the closed season should cover a 

 period of at least five years. 



June 23. — Charles E. Brewster, at one time connected with the law 

 department of the Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, died at Washington. He was a most energetic game 

 protector, and was in the work continuously for 30 years. He 

 collected much of the evidence which was used in the great Silz 

 duck cases of both in New York and New Jersey; he broke up 

 the quail shipping traffic in Kentucky and southwestern Virginia, 

 took a hand in checking the duck traffic from Big Lake and 

 took an active part in game protection work in Michigan, Penn- 

 sylvania and Texas. 



June 28 and 29. — The U. S. House of Representatives and Senate 

 took final action on the migratory bird treaty enabling act and 

 passed it. The vote in the House in favor of the bill was 

 237 to 49. 



July 3. — The President approved Senate bill 1553 to give effect to 

 the migratory bird treaty. 



