Fellaman K&noh west of Cridley 20 o. see of shells bed boon naed la 
guarding 600 acres, in the latter oase half of tbeee had been ex- 
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pended In driving oat blackbirds and the rest on duoks. 
kany exaggerated statements were made stating what duok herders 
in the rice fields were destroying duoks by the thousands and allowing 
them to rot in the rise fields* As a natter of foot these men in guard- 
ing the fields sulked about on the oheoxs or levees where they were in 
open sight so that pintails in passing ovary almost invariably were out 
of range* Through careful observation Z was oertain that very few bird# 
were killed* In faot it was doubtful if an average of twenty-five duoks 
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a day were killed in the entire valley by these herders* 
thrown open on the birds under pretense of aiding the rloe gsowcrs* As 
e mutter of fact the men engaged in rios culture would not permit ao 
tual hunting of duoke in their rloe fields ae hunters in building blinds 
tines more damage than the duoke oould possibly accomplish. while again 
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if bunting was permitted on areas outside the rloe fields the duoks would 
be driven out from their natural resting grounds and having no secure pleoe 
might return again to the rloe* At the sene time it was imperative that 
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an arrangement oould be made whereby the growers oould guard their fields 
without infringement of the gams laws* Obviously the hunters had no true 
interest in the matter and their olaims were disregarded. After due con- 
sideration of the matter e fora of permit under kegulatlon 10 of the fed- 
eral Migratory Bird Treaty Aot was recommended* With the oonourrenoe of 
the State fish and Gama Commission this was issued and was found to ful- 
fill all the needs of the situation, while it prevented hunting for sport* 
