THE GAME BREEDER 



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More Cats. — See article by Wm. Day, page 77. Photograph by E. H. Forbush. 



Well Worth lit. 



It seems we made a mistake in stat- 

 ing that the excellent illustrated booklet 

 about trapping vermin, issued by The 

 Oneida Community, was for free dis- 

 tribution. They charge 25 cents for the 

 book, and it is well worth the money. 

 Those who wish to' get this instructive 

 and educational work will please send 

 25 cents, coin or stamps, with their 

 orders. If you will sign your letters 

 in the usual way, "Yours for More 

 Game," the advertiser will know who is 

 "doing it" and you will help the cause 

 by so doing. The booklet is called The 

 Newhouse Trapper's Guide, and the ad- 

 dress of the Oneida Community, Ltd., 

 is Oneida, N. Y. We suggest that you 

 write today, before you forget it. 



Mallards Abundant on Long Island, 



N. Y. 

 Editor Game Breeder : 



I do not think there is any doubt that 

 mallard ducks are more abundant on 

 Long Island this year than usual. At 

 the Southside Club we have killed now 

 something over a thousand ducks and 

 eight or nine per cent, of those have been 

 mallards. We think there are more wild 

 mallards this year than ever before, 

 doubtless attracted by the number of 



bred mallards in our part of the coun- 

 try. Usually wild mallards are rather 

 scarce on the south side of Long Island. 

 JuLiEN T. Davies, 



Early Nests. 

 By E. a. McIlhenny. 



The following item might be of in- 

 terest to some of your duck breeders. 



The Southern Black Mallards at the 

 Louisiana State Game Farm started 

 nesting about three weeks ago, and we 

 have a number of settings of eggs under 

 hens. I thought probably this was an 

 unusual condition due to the birds being 

 in captivity and getting extra good feed, 

 but on a recent trip through the Mc- 

 Ilhenny-Ward Game Preserve on the 

 18th, 19th, and 20th of October, I and 

 my men found seven nests of the South- 

 ern Black Mallards, four with eleven 

 eggs each, one with seven eggs, two with 

 eight eggs. All of the ducks are setting. 

 We also saw two broods of young ducks 

 which were not more than from a week 

 to ten days old, and one brood of young 

 ducks about three weeks old. The 

 cattle men state that they had found a 

 great many nests within the last couple 

 of weeks. 



I would like to know if you have 

 heard of any other nests of the Southern 



