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FOREST AND STREAM 
tpEB. 6, 1909. 
Hungarian Partridges for New York. 
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 26 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Western New York Sportsman 
Association held its second annual meeting at 
the Court House in the city of Rochester on the 
i6th inst., representing the six counties of. Mon¬ 
roe, Livingston, Genesee, Orleans, Ontario and 
Wayne with a large delegation from each. 
Among others the following resolutions were 
passed; 
Whereas, This convention is informed that the 
proceeds under the hunters’ license law aggre¬ 
gates about the sum of $125,000 for the year 
1908, which is a fund entirely new to the State 
of New York, and whereas it is believed that 
nine-tenths thereof at least came from sports¬ 
men who are hunters of game birds and water- 
fowl, and it appearing from reliable informa¬ 
tion that the Hungarian partridge is a hardy 
and prolific game bird and suitable in every way 
to withstand the climate and conditions of this 
State; that an appropriation of from ten to 
twenty thousand dollars be grant¬ 
ed and the commissioner of for¬ 
est, fish and game be authorized 
to purchase seven hundred or one 
thousand pairs of said partridges 
and distribute them in suitable 
manner and localities throughout 
the State, and it is respectfully 
urged that such legislation be 
speedily passed so that a distri¬ 
bution of said partridges may be 
made during the spring of 1909. 
Resolved, That in the judg¬ 
ment of this association, Sec¬ 
tions 170-a and 174-a of the for¬ 
est, fish and game laws are 
special legislation of the most 
pernicious, unfair and unsports¬ 
manlike character and not with¬ 
in the spirit of the times or the 
best sentiment in game legisla¬ 
tion, and especially at a time 
when waterfowl and game birds are rapidly dis¬ 
appearing; and that Sections 170, 172, 173 and 
174 are of like character and should be repealed; 
that one law should prevail in relation to the 
taking of all game described therein, and the 
Legislature is hereby respectfully requested and 
urged to repeal said sections, and that copies 
hereof be sent by the secretary to the Senate 
and Assembly committees on fish and game. 
Incorporation papers are now in course of 
execution and active work is under way. 
Much interest was manifested in the Hun¬ 
garian partridge and a bill has already been pre¬ 
pared and forwarded asking an appropriation of 
$15,000 for the purchase through the commis¬ 
sioner and distribution throughout the State. 
Another bill has been prepared and forwarded 
for the protection of the birds. A letter was 
read at the meeting from Dr. J. A. Wheeler, 
State Game Commissioner of Illinois, of Jan. 
13, 1909. saying: 
“We purchased in the neighborhood of six 
thousand pairs of Hungarian partridges and 
released them in this State. We are getting 
most excellent reports about the birds. They 
seem to be able to withstand very severe weather 
and are increasing rapidly. We do not think 
you would make any mistake in importing these 
birds for your State.” 
A letter from Mr. Mershon to much the same 
effect was also read. Mr. Mershon’s letter was 
recently published in your paper. 
A number of the local clubs have already 
raised funds to purchase some of these birds 
for propagating purposes, and this association 
expects to make a liberal purchase for the same 
purposes. 
It was also unanimously resolved to change 
the open season for rabbits from Feb. 15 to 
Jan. I, as a matter of saving the birds likely to 
be killed unlawfully while hunting rabbits. 
F. R. J. 
Recent Publications. 
The White Trail, by Alexander MacDonald, 
F.R.G.S. Cloth, 384 pages, illustrated from 
drawings by William Rainey, $1.25. New 
York and Boston, H. M. Caldwell Company. 
Mr. MacDonald has already written several 
books for boys, among them “The Island 
Traders,” “The Lost Explorers,” “The Pearl 
Seekers,” etc., and this is his latest one. 
He was in Dawson City at the time of the 
great “starve out” in the winter of 1897. The 
story related in this book of the winter journey 
home by the long white trail is an account 
of a historic occurrence which will be remem¬ 
bered by those who have followed the events of 
the opening up of the Klondike. The whole 
book is based upon the author’s own experience. 
It deals with the adventures of a strangely as¬ 
sorted band of pioneers, who force their way 
into Klondike when the first news of its rich 
gold deposits startles the world, one of the lead¬ 
ing characters being a fine fellow from Ken¬ 
tucky. The long journey down the frozen 
Yukon and life in Dawson City is described. 
Campfires on Desert and Lava, by William T. 
Flornaday, Sc.D. Cloth, 354 pages, $3 net. 
Illustrated by Carl Rungius, Dr. D. T. Mac- 
Dougall, John M. Phillips and the author; 
with two maps by Godfrey Sykes. New 
York, Charles Scribner’s Sons. 
In November, 1907, Dr. Hornaday, Dr. Mac- 
Dougall, Godfrey Sykes and John M. Phillips 
journeyed from Tucson, Ariz., across the desert 
country westward into the little known Pinacate 
Mountain region, thence southwestward to Adair 
Bay in the Gulf of California. Returning, they 
visited a number of places on both sides of the 
international boundary, then turned north to 
Gila Bend and returned to Tucson by train. Ex¬ 
ploring, collecting specimens, hunting and photo¬ 
graphing the wonders of the region were all 
important objects of the expedition, and the 
doctor’s narrative, illustrated with many beauti¬ 
ful photographs, is of great value to the orni¬ 
thologist, the botanist, the sportsman and the 
geologist, as well as the reader who seeks enter¬ 
tainment only. The book is uniform in size, 
binding, etc., with Dr. Hornaday’s “Campfires 
in the Canadian Rockies,” and his style is of 
course similar, which is to say there is very 
little dry reading in the book. Even in a region 
where water must be squeezed out of cactus or 
found at long intervals in natural tanks. Dr. 
Flornaday found material for no end of humor¬ 
ous incidents, with which he enlivens his narra¬ 
tive. 
Rough Riders of the Pampas, by Captain F. S. 
Brereton. Cloth, illustrated by Stanley L. 
Wood, 358 pages, $1.25. New York and 
Boston, the H. M. Caldwell 
Company. 
These tales of ranch life in 
South America will appeal 
strongly to boys who have read 
the captain’s earlier books, and 
particularly his “With Roberts 
to Candahar” and “How Canada 
was Won.” They are full of ad¬ 
ventures, mounted and afoot, at 
a time when the life of a new¬ 
comer to the plains of South 
America was never dull. 
Carlota, by Frances Margaret 
Cox. Cloth, 180 pages, illus¬ 
trated and decorated in colors 
by Ethelend Ridgeway, $1. 
Boston, L. C. Page & Co. 
A charming story for boys and 
girls. The scene is San Gabriel 
Mission, and the time the 
closing days of the Mexican War. The chief 
characters are a Boston girl and boy and 
Carlota, the daughter of a wealthy Mexican. 
There is a stirring description of the battle of 
San Gabriel and the raising of our flag over the 
old mission. 
T.ales from Bohemia, by Robert Neilson 
Stephens. Cloth, 341 pages, illustrated, $1.50. 
Boston, L. C. Page & Co. 
Twenty-five of the earlier short stories written 
by the late Mr. Stephens are collected in this 
book and presented in pleasing form. They 
cover a variety of subjects. 
A Nottinghamshire (England) correspondent 
writes us at Christmas time that this year par¬ 
tridges in England, generally speaking, are very 
scarce, and many estate owners are not shoot¬ 
ing them at all. The best day in Nottingham¬ 
shire was 303 brace, secured by seven guns one 
day in October. 
“Pheasants have done much better, and I have 
had some very nice days since I got home. Two 
days last week, with four guns each day, we 
bagged on the first day 173 pheasants, ii rab¬ 
bits, 4 woodcock, I hare and 3 various. On the 
second day 125 pheasants, i partridge, i wood¬ 
cock, 73 rabbits, 5 various. 
PINACATE, AS IT APPEARS FROM TWENTY-ONE MILES DUE NORTHEAST. 
From “Campfires on Desert and Lava.” 
