RECREATION. 



xxxix 



Under the revised gam-: laws of Con- 

 necticut no person shall kill (and no per- 

 son shall have in his possession, except 

 a regular marketman or hotel or restau- 

 rant keeper) more than 5 ruffed grouse 

 in one day, or 36 in any one year, under 

 penalty duly provided. I consider this 

 a step in the right direction on the part 

 of the fish, forest and game preserve 

 committee. 



The next step after restricting the rav- 

 ages of the genus homo, with his mur- 

 derous snare and gun, should be to place 

 a bounty on certain furred and feathered 

 poachers on the green field, viz., the owi, 

 hawk, skunk and the sly genus vulpes. 

 The depredations of these vandals of the 

 still hunt are hardly realized by many 

 sportsmen. We could well part with these 

 destroyers of the unhatched "clutch" and 

 infant brood. The results of such need- 

 less extermination are only too evident 

 as one strolls through miles of our game- 

 less groves and brush; the quiet unbroken 

 save by the plaintive note of the wood 

 thrush, or the saucy challenge of the 

 ground hackie as he scurries to cover, 

 only pausing as he enters his hidden bur- 

 row to take a parting glance at the cause 

 of this unwonted intrusion. The flight of 

 the quail, the swift whirr of the ruffed 

 grouse and the rise of the woodcock are 

 pleasing sights that too infrequently 

 greet the sportsman in our Eastern States. 

 The blame for this "voiceless field and 

 silent grove" lies largely at our own 

 doors, for, properly protected, these game 

 birds should be as common as the red- 

 breast. Recreation enlisted in a noble 

 cause. Let the good work go on! 



H. L. Wood, M. D. 



For Exchange: A Winchester trap gun, 

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 H. L. Morgan, Spencer, Iowa. 



To Exchange : A large collection of lan- 

 tern slides. Europe, California, hunting, etc. 

 Rev. Hope, Midland, Mich. 



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