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his utmost to stop violations and violators of the laws which govern 
his sport, not alone for his own benefit but for the benefit of others. 
It is a right he has to exercise for his own protection and the pro- 
tection of game life for others. 
It is the duty of all men who go into the open for sport and 
recreation to conserve their sport and insist upon laws that will for 
all time assure themselves and others good sport. It is also the duty 
of every man to be willing—cheerfully willing—to pay his mite toward 
the maintenance charges for those things which he finds sport in. 
When a man becomes a conservator and a promoter in his field 
of sport for the betterment of the game and the common good of all, 
he becomes a sportsman whose smile is as broad as his heart is big 
and generous. He is a good man to know. He is a good friend to 
have. He is doing something for all. 
THE BUSH-TIT 
By WILLIAM L. FINLEY 
NE can hardly help falling in love with the bush-tit. He is such 
QO a tiny bird, not larger than your thumb. He goes along in such 
a bustling, business-like way. He is quite fearless. One can 
make friends with the bush-tit as easily as with his cousin, the chicka- 

Mother Bush-tit Feeding Young 
dee. Any one who has studied bird character would know that the two 
are related, even if he did not know that both are members of the pari- 
dae family. | 
The bush-tit builds a real bird mansion, a long, gourd-shaped home 
from eight to ten inches, or even longer, with a round entrance at the 
upper end. I once watched a pair of these birds lay the foundation 
for a typical long-pocket nest. I say lay the foundation, but really 
the bush-tit does not follow our ideas of architecture, for he builds 
from the top down. This pair began making a roof to the home, ‘then 
