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But then it is well to remember that in America they pay some 
attention to matters of this kind. 
In relation to the introduction of birds suitable for sporting* and 
food purposes, it has always been necessary to exercise the greatest 
care in the selection of species which, while fulfilling* the above 
qualifications, would not prove destructive. 
Pheasants and partridges have been tried, but so far without 
much success, as they fall easy victims to the ravages of cats, etc. 
With guinea, fowl, however, the ease is different, and it is now 
found that along our coastal districts following roughly the belt of 
tuart timber which exists for some two hundred miles or so within 
a few miles of the sea, these birds are doing very well and increas- 
ing to such an extent that it is permissible to hope that in a few 
more years, with the additional stock which is always being turned 
out, and the natural increase, good sport and a valuable food supply 
will be available. 
In districts further inland, for reasons at present not apparent, 
they do not succeed so well. 
Black African spur-wing geese are also being distributed, but 
it is, as yet, too early to pronounce a verdict on them. Should, how- 
ever, the experiment prove successful, this bird, which in South 
Africa is much thought of, should prove a valuable addition to our 
resources. 
The same remarks apply to the ( anadian wild geese, recognised 
as one of the finest game-birds of the world, of which specimens have 
been sent to one or more districts, the numbers being necessarily 
limited by paucity of funds. 
The mallard, or Bngtfeh wild duck, in the Zoological Gardens, 
and in some of our city parks, rear each year large clutches which 
fly away into the country, blit this species is not by any means an 
improvement on our own native black duck. 
Doves of two species are being continually despatched to ap- 
plicants in various country districts and do Well, especially where 
pine trees exist for them to nest in. Along the Darling Range and 
between the same and the ocean for many miles the laugh of the 
kookaburra is becoming a familiar sound, and applications are com- 
ing to hand for more supplies, showing in what high estimation 
this typically Australian bird is held. 
Tn this short record of what has been done with the scanty means 
at our command, the efforts which have been made, in some cases 
successfully, to acclimatise mammals, must not be lost sight of. 
The Scottish red deer, (lie noblest of its tribe, has formed the 
subject of experiment in three localities in the neighbourhood of 
Albany, close to Cape Leeuwin, and in the unoccupied tract of prac- 
tically useless land between Pinjarra and Rockingham. 
In the two first-named districts, from causes hard, if not im- 
possible to ascertain, no success has followed, but in the case of 
