HE PUBLICATION of this book by the New 
-L Mexico Department of Game and Fish in 
cooperation with the State Game Protective Associa¬ 
tion and the Bureau of Biological Survey of the 
United States Department of Agriculture is made 
possible through the kindly interest and financial 
assistance of Mr. and Mrs. George Deardorff 
McCreary , Jr., of Silver City , New Mexico. 
