Jan. 4, 1908.I 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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GAME PROTECTION AND INTRO¬ 
DUCTION. 
The experience of many countries proves how 
widespread is the desire to introduce foreign 
mammals and birds. When these are merely for 
cage pets or for exhibition in zoological collec¬ 
tions, little or no harm results. But when, as 
frequently happens, exotic species are liberated 
in the hope that they will become acclimated 
and form permanent additions to the fauna, there 
is always danger that, like the English sparrow, 
they will be only too successful in adapting them¬ 
selves to the new environment and prove serious 
pests. The disastrous experiments of Jamaica, 
Porto Rico, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and 
other regions abundantly illustrate this danger. 
Several countries take the precaution of regulat¬ 
ing such importations, the United States among 
the number. Since 1900 the Department of 
Agriculture has supervised all importations of 
live birds and mammals into the United States. 
A few well known species of birds and mam¬ 
mals are allowed to enter without special au¬ 
thorization, but all others are refused entry ex¬ 
cept under permit by the department. The num¬ 
ber thus entered during the year was 654 mam¬ 
mals, 274,914 canaries and 47,256 miscellaneous 
birds. 
The growth of the trade in imported birds is 
made manifest by the fact that the figures show 
an increase of 25 per cent, over those for last 
year, and of 33, 27 and 37 per cent., respectively, 
over those for 1903-4, 1902-3 and 1901-2. De¬ 
spite the large number of birds and mammals 
imported under permit, averaging more than 
6,000 a week throughout the past year, it is be¬ 
lieved that no prohibited species was brought 
into the country. 
Increased interest is shown in the importation 
j of foreign game birds for stocking covers. Dur¬ 
ing the year 864 European partridges, 116 caper¬ 
cailzie, 73 black game and 59 other game birds 
were imported for this purpose. Some of these 
! experiments promise excellent results. 
Stocking covers with birds hatched from im¬ 
ported eggs has heretofore been unsuccessful in 
most cases. Last spring, however, of 5,564 eggs 
imported under permit by the department, 5,500 
were English pheasant eggs secured by the game 
commissioner of Illinois, who reports that 3.000 
live, healthy chicks were obtained—an unusually 
large percentage. 
Large shipments of birds are examined by in¬ 
spectors and the number and kinds are reported 
to the department. The expense of fees has 
hitherto been borne by importers, since no ap¬ 
propriation for the purpose was made by Con¬ 
gress. This arrangement proved unsatisfactory 
and protest was made by importers. Since Feb. 
1, 1906, the department has undertaken to pay 
these fees, and an appropriation should be made 
to sustain the service, as in the case of inspec¬ 
tion of meats. The lack of such appropriation 
permits inspection only of the most important 
shipments. 
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. 
When George Trautwein, of Midland avenue, 
Montclair, went out to his barn this morning 
he found huddled up together in an unoccupied 
stall a small puppy, a kitten, a pigeon and two 
sparrows. They had all evidently sought the 
same shelter from the storm of last night. 
Mr. Trautwein brought out a dish of milk and 
I a handful of crumbs, and the odd quintet ate 
heartily of their morning meal. 
In the afternoon Trautwein drove the in¬ 
truders out, supposing all but the sparrows 
|i would seek their homes, but they did not. He 
says they stayed about the yard until he returned 
to the house, and then they went back to the 
J stall. 
The pup is of the coach dog variety, the cat 
is tortoiseshell in color, and the pigeon slate 
color. Trautwein says that if they don’t leave 
I when the weather moderates he will adopt the 
whole collection.—New York Times. 
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