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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 12, 1907. • 
New Netherlands a somewhat curious page, de¬ 
scribing the animals of that country, not all of 
which can be to-day identified. 
Of the elk Mr. Grant says that the form 
known as the eastern elk, which was once 
abundant near the Atlantic coast, is now en¬ 
tirely extinct. By permission of Major W. 
Austin Wadsworth, former president of the 
Fish, Forest and Game Commission, and pres¬ 
ident of the Boone and ■ Crockett Club, a pho¬ 
tograph is published in this report, showing 
the antlers of several elk killed in the Genesee 
Valley about 1843. There is a record of one 
elk killed at Bolivar in Allegheny county, N. 
Y., in 1834. There are believed now to be 
about 200 elk in the Adirondacks, most of 
them received through the liberality of the late 
Wm. C. Whitney. A few years more will 
very likely see them firmly established there. 
The Canada lynx is reported to be extremely 
rare, though it is probably not altogether ex¬ 
tinct. On the other hand, the bay lynx is 
much more abundant and is by no means con¬ 
fined to the Adirondacks. 
The question of the establishment of beav¬ 
ers in the Adirondacks has been much agitated. 
A few native to the region are believed to ex¬ 
ist there still, though their numbers cannot be 
large. Mr. Grant truly points out that the 
lynx is a very dangerous animal enemy of the 
beaver, more because it is well armed and 
quick than because it is large and strong. 
There are marten and possibly fisher still to be 
found in these woods, and if we remember 
right, it is not many years since Mr. J. B. 
Burnham was fortunate enough to kill a fisher 
there. 
A most interesting feature of Mr. Grant’s 
paper is the very large number of engravings 
by which it is adorned, almost all of them 
being from photographs made from living 
animals. 
Of these, several were taken by Mr. Shiras, 
but many were made by Mr. E. B. Sanborn in 
the New York Zoological Park, and several 
were furnished Mr. Grant by the kindness of 
Dr. Frank Baker, superintendent of the Wash¬ 
ington Zoological Park. 
Mr. Paulmier’s article on the squirrels and 
other rodents of the Adirondacks is illustrated 
by a number of colored plates, which do not 
seem to be satisfactorily reproduced, the 
colors being too brilliant. 
Mr. Durham’s article on the wildfowl of the 
St. Lawrence River is illustrated by several 
quite beautiful plates by Mr. Fuertes, and a 
number of very interesting photographs. It 
can hardly be called an adequate discussion of 
the group which it purports to describe. 
Memorials of Men of Science. 
On the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 29, a large 
meeting was held at the American Museum of 
Natural History, at which were donated to the 
Trustees of the Museum marble busts of ten 
eminent scientific men who have passed away. 
In the absence of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, 
Vice-President of the American Museum of 
Natural History, Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn 
presided. Dr. Herman C. Bumpus, Director of 
the Museum, made the presentation address on 
behalf of Mr. Morris K. Jesup, the President of 
the Museum, who had donated the busts. Hon. 
Joseph H. Choate accepted them on behalf of the 
Board of Trustees. 
A number of our most eminent men of science 
made brief memorial addresses referring to the' 
lives and services of the great men represented 
by the busts. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadel¬ 
phia, spoke of Benjamin Franklin; a paper 
on Alexander Von Humboldt by Baron 
Speck Von Sternberg, German Ambassador 
at Washington, was read for him by Count 
Hatzfeldt, First Secretary of the Embassy,’ Dr. 
C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the U. S. Biological 
Survey, the most eminent biologist in America 
and the legitimate successor of Audubon, spoke of 
John James Audubon; Dr. N. L, Britton, Direc¬ 
tor of the N. Y. Botanical Gardens, for John 
Torrey; Dr. Robt. S. Woodward, President of 
the Carnegie Institution, for Joseph Henry; 
Prof. A. E. Verrill, of Yale, read a letter from 
the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, an intimate per¬ 
sonal friend of Prof. Louis .Agassiz; Dr. Arthur 
Twining Hadley,. President of Yale University, 
spoke of James Dwight Dana; Dr. Hugh M. 
Smith, of Spencer Fullerton Baird; Dr. Wm. 
K. Brooks, of Joseph Leidy, and Dr. Henry Fair- 
field Osborn, of Edw. D. Cope. 
The addresses were notable ones and three pos¬ 
sessed especial interest; Dr. Merriam’s for its 
admirable balance, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell’s for its 
strikingly beautiful English, and Dr. Hadley’s for 
its deep feeling. The auditorium was crowded 
with members of the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science, and many persons 
were turned away. 
American Forestry Association. 
As we go to press the annual meeting of the 
American Forestry Association is taking place 
at Washington, D. C. On the evening of Tues¬ 
day, Jan. 8, a reception was held at the residence 
of Mr. Gifford Pinchot, the Forester, and on 
Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 10 A. M., the public meet¬ 
ings began at the New Willard Hotel. 
Although the programme of the meeting is 
not accessible, it is hardly to be doubted that 
one of its most important subjects of discussion 
will be the Appalachian-White Mountain bill, 
and that an energetic effort will be made to 
forward its enactment into law. Already this 
measure has unanimously passed the Senate ot 
the United States, has been recommended by 
the House Committee on Agriculture without a 
dissenting voice and has been approved by the 
President. A majority of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives is believed to favor it, and its friends 
think that all that is needed to pass it is to 
bring it to a vote. Another aspect of this meet¬ 
ing will be its educational side. This will deal 
especially with the policy of National forests. 
The need for forest preservation and extension 
grows more pressing year by year. We have 
not yet learned the lesson of economical con¬ 
sumption of our forests, nor how to provide for 
continuing their yield. 
On t[ie other hand, never has the American 
Forestry Association been so strong as it is 
to-day. It numbers nearly 5,500 members, of 
which about one-half have been added within 
the year. 
In Favor of Forest Reserves. 
On the last day of its sessions at Columbia 
University, New York city, the American As¬ 
sociation for the Advancement of Science dis¬ 
cussed the question of the destruction of the 
forests of the White Mountains and the South¬ 
ern Appalachians, and the following resolutions, 
to be presented to the House of Representa¬ 
tives at Washington by a committee of five 
members, was adopted: 
“The American Association for the Advance- 
men of Science again respectfully calls the at¬ 
tention of Congress to the increasing serious¬ 
ness of the results of the rapid and reckless de¬ 
struction of the forests of the White Mountains 
and Southern Appalachian regions, about the 
headwaters of important interstate rivers, and 
“Respectfully urges upon the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives,_ now about to reassemble in Wash¬ 
ington, the importance-of passing at its present 
session the bill now before that body, which 
provides for the establishment of National 
forest reserves in the White Mountains and 
Southern Appalachians.” 
In his message to the Legislature, Governor 
Charles E. Hughes, of New York, declared 
against the private use of public forests and 
waters in the following words: 
“There has been general recognition in recent 
years of the vast importance to the State of the 
preservation of its forests. To prevent the 
irreparable loss which would be occasioned by 
their devastation and conversion to private 
uses the State has pursued the policy of acquir¬ 
ing forest tracts. This policy should be con¬ 
tinued, and as rapidly as possible', and so far as 
may be necessary to accomplish its purpose, the' 
State should extend its holdings. All prop¬ 
ositions which may involve any diversion of 
these lands from the purpose of their acquisition 
should be most carefully scrutinized. 
“In this connection it is well to consider the 
great value of the undeveloped water powers 
thus placed under State control. They should 
be preserved and held for the benefit of all the 
people and should not be surrendered to’ private 
interests. It would be difficult to exaggerate 
the advantages which may ultimately accrue 
from these great resources of power if the com¬ 
mon right is duly safeguarded. 
“By the act creating the Water Supply Com¬ 
mission it is provided that no municipal or 
public corporation or public board or any 
private person or water works company en¬ 
gaged in supplying any municipal corporation 
with water should acquire lands or additional 
sources of water supply save as the commission 
determines, among other things, whether the 
plans proposed are justified by public necessity 
and are equitable in their relation to other 
divisions of the State. It also has important 
powers with reference to river improvement. It 
remains to be considered whether it is not ad¬ 
visable to provide a more comprehensive plan, 
embracing in a clearly defined way the matter 
of water storage and the use of water courses 
for purposes of power. The entire question of 
the relation of the State to its waters demands 
more careful attention than it has hitherto re¬ 
ceived in order that there may be an adequate 
scheme of just regulation for the public benefit.” 
Governor Guild of Massachusetts referred in 
his message to forest protection in the follow¬ 
ing words: 
“A commonwealth that has appealed to the 
national Government to save the forests that 
guard the sources of our water supply and water 
power must not neglect her own duties. The 
scope of the State forestry work cannot be ex¬ 
tended with the means at present at our dis¬ 
posal; and I cordially recommend to you a 
consideration not only of more effective laws 
in regard to forest fires, in order to save the 
trees we already possess, but of the laws in re¬ 
gard to .forest taxation, that the growing of new 
forests on lands at present sterile and unpro¬ 
ductive may be encouraged.” 
North Carolina Quail. 
New York, Jan. 4. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: In your issue of Dec. 29 you state that 
in North Carolina quail in large numbers are 
thrown away because the owners found that after 
the birds had been killed, that they could not be 
shipped out of the State. I have before me a 
copy of the game law of North Carolina and 
in which is contained the paragraph, “Holders 
of nonresident licenses may take out of the State 
fifty partridges or quail in one season.” Who is 
right ? Dr. George Erff. 
[Section 11 qf the North Carolina law permits 
any person holding a hunter’s license to take out 
of the State “50 partridges or quail, 50 beach 
birds or snipe, 12 grouse, and 2 wild turkeys in 
a season,” and Section 8 permits him to take 
his birds out of the State in the manner pre¬ 
ferred by him, but if he sends them as freight, 
express or baggage the receptacle containing 
them must be properly labeled with his name and 
address and the kind or kinds of birds contained 
in it. We referred to several reports received 
of the wholesale destruction of North Carolina 
quail. On page 944, of our Dec. 15 issue, Mr. 
Olds said “a few days ago nearly 1,500 birds, 
which shippers at these places [Charlotte and 
Greensboro] had arranged to get out, could not 
be sent, and the would-be shippers had to have 
them hauled off and thrown away.” —Editor.] 
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