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THE GAME BREEDER 



T^5 Game Breeder 



Published Monthly 



Edited by D WIGHT W. HUNTINGTON . 



NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1918. 



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Postage free to all subscribers in the United States. 

 To All Foreign Countries and Canada, $1.25. 



The Game Conservation Society, Inc. 

 publishers, 150 nassau st., new york 



D. W. Huntington, President, 



F. R. Peixotto, Treasurer, 



J. C. Huntington, Secretary. 



Telephone, Beekman 3685. 



A WONDERFUL ORNITHOLOG- 

 ICAL DISCOVERY. 



Readers are urged to read the descrip- 

 tion of a new wild goose, Branta Eximo 

 Dusetti, printed on another p'age. 



Possibly some of the older ornitholo- 

 gists may regard 'the description as too 

 lightly written and may criticize the 

 statement that the goose's eye was shot 

 out, probably with No. 6 shot, and also 

 the suggestion to cross him with the 

 bean goose, Anser Fabalis, in order to 

 give him more speed and wariness, but 

 we would- remind them that it is such 

 details which interest the sporting natu- 

 ralist, for whose eye our pages largely are 

 prepared. Plates I and II, specially con- 

 structed to accompany the text, we feel 

 sure will meet their approval. 



All must regard it as a great ornitho- 

 logical triumph to conl'truct a wild goose 

 entirely exempt from prohibitive game 

 laws, as this wild goose is. It came right 

 out of a game prohibition State directly 

 into that tight market area, New York, 

 and was eaten by the editor without any- 

 one being arrested ! We regard these re- 

 markable facts as a sufficient justification 

 for the enthusiastic details in the tech- 

 nical description such as "He is bully on 

 the table when roasted and served with 

 cranberry sauce, as he was," etc. 



The discovery of this new wild goose 

 is far more important than the discov- 



ery of Bevo and other near-beers was 

 to the thirsty citizens of Norfolk, Va. 

 We were there when they first began to 

 suffer. We sincerely hope that if the 

 migratory bird treaty bill, which might 

 catch this splendid fowl in its mesh of 

 regulations, fails, as it should, that no 

 constitutional amendment ever will be 

 proposed to close all of the states to this 

 excellent food. The discovery of Branta 

 Eximo is far more important from an 

 economic point of view than people not 

 versed in the game laws would believe. 

 In our opinion it far out-Bevos Bevo 

 and the other near things for the thirsty, 

 and if all our other game shall be "pro- ^ 

 tected" out of existence and goes the 

 way of the bison and the wild pigeon, 

 Branta Eximo may survive and become 

 abundant and cheap in the market. In 

 future years it may be pointed out with 

 pride by those who would claim there 

 still is some food freedom in "the land 

 of the free." 



A near-wild food of the splendid char- 

 acter (see technical description) is far 

 more important than a near drink. 



THE CROW! THE CROW! 



The story about the New York crows 

 and their work sent by Mr. J. Freston 

 is remarkable and valuable. Now that 

 the crows have taken to hunting our 

 song birds, bobwhite, on the wing, as 

 the hawks do, and also "suck" all the 

 eggs in the woodcock and "partridge" 

 nests, it would seem high time to con- 

 trol some of the "beneficial crows." But 

 who can be found to do this when the 

 game protective societies, led by the wild- 

 lifer, succeed in putting the woodcock 

 and the partridge on- the song bird list 

 in New York? 



The remedy to us seems plain. "Keep 

 the game laws off the game farms and 

 shooting grounds" where sportsmen and 

 farmers take the trouble to protect the 

 game from its enemies and to keep it 

 plentiful. 



All that is necessary is for the pro- 

 tectives and the Audubons not to go too 

 fast when they go after more game laws. 

 Laws prohibiting shooting (or making 

 song birds of the game, as it is commonly 



