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BULLETIN 1049, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



only as rapidly as actual changes in the conditions of wild life justify modifi- 

 cation of the law. 10 



The returns for 1918 have recently been summarized by W. S. 

 Carpenter, secretary of the commission, and the results made avail- 

 able, as shown in the following table : 



Game taken in New York in 1918. 



Species. 



Total 

 killed. 



Indi- 

 vidual 

 value. 



Total 

 value. 



Species. 



Total 

 killed. 



Indi- 

 vidual 

 value. 



Total 

 value. 



Cottontail rabbit. . . 



465, 590 



399, 938 



$0.50 

 1.50 



$232, 795. 00 

 599,907.00 

 750, 812. 00 



57, 506. 50 

 219, 326. 00 



83, 514 00 



36, 170 00 

 107, 565. 00 

 126,745.00 



38, 498. 00 

 227,340.00 



5,662.50 

 5,514.00 

 17,998.00 

 53, 502. 00 

 4,218.50 

 621,975.00 



Greater yellowlegs. . 

 Lesser yellowlegs . . . 



3,556 



2,848 



2,476 



1,974 



1,380 



1,328 



1,214 



1,045 



823 



591 



396 



241 



216 



189 



159 



82 



$0.50 



.50 



2.00 



.50 



3.00 



.50 



.50 



.50 



4.00 



25.00 



25.00 



3.00 



.50 



25.00 



10.00 



.50 



$1,778.00 



1,424.00 



4, 952. 00 



987.00 



Skunk 



187, 703 4. 00 



Gray squirvei. . .... 



Duck 



115,013 

 109, 663 

 41,757 

 36, 170 

 35,855 

 25,349 

 19,249 

 15, 156 



11,325 

 11,028 

 8,999 

 8,917 

 8,437 

 8,293 



.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 

 15.00 



.50 



.50 



2.00 



6.00 



.50 



75.00 



Coot. 





4, 140. 00 

 664. 00 



Grouse or partridge 

 Snowshoe rabbit . . . 



Rail 



Golden plover 



Black-bellied plover 

 Sable, or marten. . . 

 Otter 



607.00 

 522. 50 



Raccoon 



3,292.00 



14,775.00 



9,900.00 



723. 00 



Woodcock 



Red fox 



Fisher 



Wilson snipe, or 



jacksnipe 



Black squirrel 







108.00 





4, 725. 00 



Quail 





1, 590. 00 



Mink 





41.00 



Fox squirrel 



Deer (bucks) 



Total 





1,526,960 



'3,239,277.00 



1 



In Canada several of the Provinces have attempted to collect sta- 

 tistics by requiring a return from hunters holding big- game licenses. 

 This system has been in operation in Manitoba since 1905, in Alberta 

 and Nova Scotia since 1907, in New Brunswick since 1908, and in 

 British Columbia since 1913, and has furnished valuable figures re- 

 garding the numbers of big game killed. Experience has shown 

 that ordinarily at first a large proportion of the licensees fail to 

 make the return and that it is almost impossible to obtain figures 

 from delinquents who are nonresidents or from residents who have 

 moved or left the Province. Following are the figures for Nova 

 Scotia : 



Big game killed in Nova Scotia, 1908 to 1920. 



[From report game commissioner for 1920, pp. 22-30.] 



Year. 



Deer. 



Moose. 



Year. 



Deer. 



Moose. 



1908 





1688 

 405 

 509 

 617 

 678 

 704 

 1,095 

 1,208 



1916 



154 

 101 

 69 

 198 

 125 



1,331 



1903 





1917 



1,363 



1910 





1918 



1919 



1920 



Total 



1,241 



1911 .• 





1,277 



1912 





1,361 









1914 





647 



12,477 



1915 













1 Includes 240 cows. 



10 Pratt, George D., Checking up New York's game resources 

 tective Assn., vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 11-14, October, 1918. 



Bull. Amer. Game Pro- 



