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HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
this state this past winter, 1916 — 17. All of the 
gun clubs in the Suisun district report the presence 
of swans on the duck ponds. One of the members 
of the Cygnus Club stated : — 
" Before daylight the air was very still and 
cold. The musical trumpeting of the swans 
could be plainly heard. As the members of the 
various clubs wended their way to the blinds 
for the morning shooting these great birds rose 
from the ponds where they had been resting and 
feeding, and circled the marsh, filling the air 
with their beautiful notes. The wild swan's note 
is one of the most plaintive and musical of all 
known birds." 
I was on the marsh the same morning and 
should judge there were several hundred birds in 
small flocks circling in the air. 
A CALIFORNIAX CONDOR. 
A fine specimen of the Californian Condor 
(Gymnogyps californianus) was recently captured 
near Monterey, California, and is now in the 
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. This bird has 
become decidedly rare, chiefly from feeding upon 
poisoned carcases put out by the stockmen to wild 
animals. It is the second largest bird that flies, 
being only surpassed by the Condor of Central 
America. The wing expansion of an adult bird 
reaches from lOi feet to 11 feet. It is a magnifi- 
cent bird on the wing, as seen launching from its 
sleeping place — some inaccessible mountain craig. 
just as the sun's first rays illumine the mountain 
top. It is an early feeder, and swoops into the 
valleys ere darkness has quite retreated, but as the 
light increases his wing coverts tipped with white 
and the under wing plumage flash into view as he 
swings in ever widening circles overhead, ever 
anon slanting into a lower plane as he searches 
for his prey. 
CLIPPINGS from an AMERICAN GAME 
BREEDER'S CIRCULAR LETTER. 
Member of American Game Breeders Society 
and The Game Guild, New York, N.Y. 
The breeding and keeping of fancy birds, etc., 
is an expensive game and if you haven't sufficient 
means to stand the gaff let it alone. 
The class of stuff we handle" is not suitable 
for the fellow with only the widow's mite, nor 
for a fellow with a family like the Patriarch Jacob 
for as has been well said of such, they have more 
"posterity than prosperity." We cater to the 
sportsman who has money and is able to pay good 
prices for good stuff. We are not cheap, so if 
looking for cheap prices duck us. 
Don't believe the rot you see about five hun- 
dred per cent, profit in pheasant rearing; they eat 
and they die. Twenty per cent, profit our ex- 
perience. 
We do not guarantee safe delivery unless an 
extra charge is made, which is mutually agreed on 
before shipment. 
We advise all persons interested in birds, 
mammals, etc., to purchase "Pets, Their History 
and Care" by Lee S. Crandall, Assistant Curator 
Bronx Zoo. For sale by Henry Holt and Co., 
New York. 
To keep in touch subscribe to The Game 
Breeder, 150 Nassau St., New York, $1.00 per 
annum. Also become a member of The American 
Game Protective Association, Woolworth Build- 
ing, New York, $1.00 per annum. 
READ CAREFULLY ! This business is our 
"hobby" and not our livelihood. Unless so stated, 
anything sold is warranted pure bred, good health 
and plumage, free from scaly leg. After you re- 
ceive anything bought of us, unless positively 
stated not pure bred, you can keep' for 48 hours 
and examine. If you don't want, feed and water, 
prepay express and return. When received we at 
once refund your money. We ask no questions 
or explanations. We don't care what your reasons 
are; whether too high, not pretty, or what not. 
You don't have to give any, just fire it back, and 
you will have no correspondence over the matter. 
We want you satisfied that you are receiving a 
square deal. 
SIXTEEN NEW GAME REFUGES 
FOR CALIFORNIA. 
Through a measure proposed by the Fish and 
Game Commission passed by the 1917 Legislature, 
California now leads all the states of the Union 
in the number and acreage of its game refuges. 
It is becoming more and more apparent that one 
of the best means of conserving game is to estab- 
lish game sanctuaries, where predatory animals 
are destroyed and other wild life is allowed to 
breed unmolested. Game increases rapidly in 
such sanctuaries and the increase spreads out to 
neighbouring territory where it furnishes food 
and sport to all who seek it. 
With the co-operation of the United States 
Forest Service, sixteen areas in the Sierras and 
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