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ciety, "experiments in feeding and nesting de- 

 vices and methods of attracting birds about the 

 home have been continued, also the identification 

 and card-cataloguing of wild-life, — ^now covering 

 700 species, — records of nesting birds, and daily 

 ornithological notes. There have been 127 spe- 

 cies of birds recorded, 71 of which have been found 

 during the nesting season." Among those listed 

 as nesting there were numerous black-duck, wood- 

 cock, and quail. 



The story of the other reservations is much the 

 same. All have been stocked from the state 

 game-farms. Without exception they show a 

 definite increase in the ratio of wild life and, 

 where it is permitted, better shooting for the 

 sportsmen near their outskirts. 



From Pennsylvania comes the report that de- 

 spite the constantly increasing number of hunters 

 a number of species of game show a steady in- 

 crease throughout the State. And there are 

 nearly 500,000 licensed hunters in Pennsylvania! 



Under the Pennsylvania conservation system 

 there are more than thirty game sanctuaries now 

 in operation. The State has axjquired consider- 

 ably more than a million acres of wild land for the 

 conservation of its water-supply, which it terms 

 the state forest reserves. This land is a public 

 shooting-ground, but within it are situated a num- 

 ber of sanctuaries, heavily stocked with game, on 

 which shooting is absolutely forbidden. These 



