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STATUS ( OF | MIGRATORY GAME 3 BIRDS: 19u3-u 
Prepared in the Section of Migratory Bird Investigations 
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Pairmocustiom: . 0 fo. 00%) 4 eta eS 1 | Part 1: Migratory waterfowl--Con. 
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The story of the conservation ard restoration of the migratory game birds 
of North America, unfolded during the past decade, should convince the most skep-— 
tical that it is possible "to eat your cake and have it too," especially when the 
"cake" is a living, reproducing thing lize a bird population. From an all-time 
low in the early thirties the waterfowl have increased alm iost to the full carry— 
ing capacity of the environment in the early forties. In recent, wartime years, 
fewer hunters, and a short tage of ammunition and of transportation facilities, 
hindered the taking of = normal harvest and permitted local over-populations to 
develop, which have at times, severely dar maged agricultural crops and made control 
operations necessary. 
