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pointer or setter dogs will not with same pur¬ 
sue, hunt or kill any other wild game in any 
part of the State where such pursuit, hunting 
or killing is prohibited, and while such bond 
is in force will not violate any of the pro¬ 
visions of the forest, fish and game law. 
The letter of transmittal, bearing many signa¬ 
tures, says, in part: 
“While we earnestly favor the passage of this 
amendment, we wish it to be distinctly under¬ 
stood that we are radically opposed to the use 
of hounds for hunting foxes and rabbits in the 
Adirondack preserves, believing that such use 
of hounds would simply be a cover under which 
deer would be dogged. 
“This measure in no way or manner conflicts 
with the preservation of deer in the Adirondack 
preserves. The wing shooter, after paying the 
State license fee, should, under proper restric¬ 
tions, enjoy the same privilege of hunting in 
the Adirondack preserves as the deer hunter. 
The amount of the bond is to be fixed by the 
commissioner, and he can make it large enough 
to prevent any possible violation of Section /9 
relative to the dogging of deer. On the other 
hand it is, of course, discretionary with the 
wing shooter whether he takes out such license 
or not.” 
New York Legislature. 
By a vote of 26 to 16, the Senate, on March 
15, passed Senator Loomis bill, removing the 
restriction against spring duck shooting on Long 
Island. The present law limits the open season 
to Jan. 10, and the Long bill extends the season 
until March 31. The bill, which has been de¬ 
feated every session for the last seven years, 
was opposed vigorously by the up-State mem¬ 
bers on the ground that a return to spring shoot¬ 
ing on Long Island would lead to the extinction 
of ducks in this State. The Democrats who 
voted against the measure, were Senators Bayne, 
Hardin, Loomis, Murtaugh and Roosevelt. The 
Republicans who supported the measure were 
Senators Emerson, Griffith, Orrnrod, Platt and 
Travis. 
The Assembly committee on forest, fish and 
game has reported favorably the Long Island 
spring duck shooting bill of Assemblyman Sheide. 
Bills have been introduced as follows: 
By Senator Coats, of Saranac Lake, a concur¬ 
rent resolution proposing an amendment to Sec¬ 
tion 7, Article 7, of the State constitution in re¬ 
lation to the disposition and use of lands in the 
forest preserve. The amendment authorizes the 
Legislature to provide by general laws for the 
construction and maintenance of reservoirs under 
State control on such lands wherever the storage 
of water is necessary for municipal water supply 
for the canals of the State, or to regulate the 
flow of s'reams. This is the Coats-Merritt 
amendment which passed the Legislature last 
year, and if passed this year wi l be referred to 
the people for adoption this fall. 
This amendment is opposed by the Board of 
Trade and Transportation, the Association for 
the Preservation of the Adirondacks and various 
other organizations interested in the preserva¬ 
tion of the State's natural resources. 
By Senator Rurd, repealing, so far as it re¬ 
lates to Erie county, the provision of Section 
06 to the effect that there shall be no open sea¬ 
son for Mongo'ian ring-necked, English or other 
pheasants until October, 1914. 
By Assemblyman A. E. Smith, appropriating 
$50,000 for the payment of the expenses for the 
enforcement of the fire provisions of the Forest, 
Fish and Game law. 
By Assemblyman Brereton, prohibiting the 
taking of fish from the waters of Lake George 
by trolling from boats or vesseis propelled by 
any power other than hand power. 
By Assemblyman Evans, making the open sea¬ 
son for antlered male deer from Oct. 1 to Nov. 
15, instead of from Sept. 16 to Oct. 31, in in¬ 
closed deer parks, and in the counties of Clin¬ 
ton, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamil¬ 
ton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Sara¬ 
toga, St. Lawrence, Warren and Washington, 
except in that portion of Oneida, Lewis and 
Jefferson counties lying westerly of the Utica 
and Black River Railroad. It makes the open 
season for such deer in Ulster county and in the 
towns of Cochecton, 1 listen, Highland, Lumber- 
land, Forestburg and Bethel, and that section 
of the towns of Mamakating and Thompson 
lying south of the town of. Deer Park in Orange 
county, from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, instead of from 
Oct. 16 to Oct. 31, as at present. It also limits 
to two the number of wild antlered male deer 
which any person may take in an open season, 
and prohibits the killing of female deer. 
By Assemblyman Shortt, making the open 
season for hares and rabbits in Richmond county 
from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31, both inclusive, and 
providing that they may not be taken when snow 
is on the ground. 
By Assemblyman Blauvelt, of Rockland, in¬ 
troducing a bill the same as was introduced by 
Senator Bayne on Feb. 23 in relation to the sale 
of game. 
Assemblyman Merritt introduced on March 
16 a concurrent resolution proposing an amend¬ 
ment to Section 7, Article 7 > of the constitution 
in relation to the disposition and use of lands 
in the forest preserve. It is the same bill that 
Senator Coates introduced on the 15th. 
Sparrow Hawks High Up. 
New Orleans, La., March 18. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: Dr. H. F. Moore, of the Bureau 
of Fisheries of Washington, spent several days 
last week in New Orleans, and while here held 
a conference with the Game and Oyster Com¬ 
mission. Dr. Moore talked on a good many 
problems concerning the growth and culture of 
oysters, and gave the board a great deal of in¬ 
teresting information. The conference was ex¬ 
ecutive, and nothing definite was made public. 
Dr. Moore made an inspection of Lake Borgne 
and Mississippi Sound. The local board is en¬ 
deavoring to increase the oyster industry of 
Louisiana, and Dr. Moore was given a most 
cordial welcome. 
Dr. A. K. Fisher, of the Biological Depart¬ 
ment in Washington, who has been here several 
days on a tour of inspection connected with his 
department, gave out a statement to the effect 
that he thought that the open season for kill¬ 
ing ducks should be confined to a period not 
exceeding three months. He suggested an open 
season comprising November, December and 
January. 
Dr. Fisher says that toward the end of Febru¬ 
ary he finds the ducks nest and hatch out their 
voting. The killing of ducks from th.e nest not 
only diminishes the supply, but hunting them 
has a bad effect. When a female duck is killed 
under these conditions it means the destruction 
of six or seven, as that number represents the 
eggs in the nest. He points out that no one 
would think of eating a domesticated fowl after 
it begins to sit on its eggs. 1 he ducks should 
have a season of rest before they start on their 
pilgrimage north, and if they are hunted and 
harassed up to the moment they migrate, they 
will be in poor condition for the long pilgrim¬ 
age. The duck open season in Louisiana is front 
early fall to March 15. It is probable that the 
sound advice given by Dr. Fisher will be seri¬ 
ously considered, and the game commission will 
ask the Legislature at its next session in 1912 
to amend the law and shorten the open season. 
Dr. Fisher stated that the Gulf coast furnished 
about 75 per cent, of the ducks in the United 
States, and the mallard' duck is considered a 
delicacy and almost equals the canvasback duck. 
He spent several days at the Government ex¬ 
periment farm at Brownsville, Tex. The sta¬ 
tion has been troubled with rodents, and Dr. 
Fisher gave some directions looking to their 
destruction, and also on various other subjects. 
He left New Orleans for portions of Mississippi 
on his tour of inspection and study. He will 
return to Washington in a few days. 
During the last few days a professional steeple 
jack painted several steeples here and repaired 
some high belfries. He announced that he found 
a great many sparrow hawks had nested in the 
belfries and high recesses in the steeples, and 
that he is sure these hawks feed on the English 
sparrows. He declared that this accounts for 
the diminution in the number of sparrows in 
several of the large cities. He states that these 
hawks are growing more numerous in the large 
cities, and he predicted that the time will come 
when the English sparrow will be almost run 
out of cities into small towns and villaees. 
F. G. G. 
William’s Mixed Bag. 
The following figures have been published in 
the German sporting papers as the result of the 
Kaiser’s shooting for the season, 1910: Sept. 6, 
Prdkelwitz, 5 roebuck; Sept. 12-14, Pait, 2 bull 
elk and 1 calf, 1 roebuck; Sept. 16-19, Bellye, 
Karapancsa, Hungary, 9 stags, 1 roebuck; Sept. 
24-Oct. 6, Rominten, 11 stags; Nov. 5, Oranien- 
burg, 27 fallow bucks; Nov. 12-17, Donaueschin- 
gen, 97 foxes; Nov. 25, Neudeck, 629 pheasants, 
3 hares, I various; Nov. 28, Rauden, 738 pheas¬ 
ants, 1 hare, 3 wild turkeys, 1 various; Dec. 9, 
10, Springe, 5 fallow bucks, 66 wild boars; Dec. 
27, Hinter den Communs (Potsdam), 43 pheas¬ 
ants, 1 hare; Dec. 29, Entenfang (Potsdam), 173 
pheasants, 21 rabbits—in all, 1,842 head. His 
Majesty’s total bag during his career as a sports¬ 
man is given as follows: 1,880 stags, 90 hinds, 
1,768 fallow bucks, 98 does, 3,392 wild boars, 931 
roebuck, 17,963 hares, 2,447 rabbits, 121 chamois, 
439 foxes, 3 bears, 12 elk, 6 bison, 3 reindeer, 6 
badgers, 1 marten, 108 capercailzie, 24 blackcock, 
3 wild turkeys, 33,637 pheasants, 856 partridges, 
95 grouse, 4 woodcock, 2 snipe, 87 ducks, 2 guinea 
fowls, 826 cormorants, herons, etc, 1 wha’e, t 
pike and 516 various. Our German contempo¬ 
raries credit the Kaiser with a gross total of 
65,332. According to our calculation this exceeds 
the tale by ten.—Field. 
