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The Illinois Game and Fish Division, William J. Stratton, Chief Game 
an Fish Warden, turned in receipts in excess of expenditures last year to 
the amount of nearly $28,000. In the last five years there has been a net 
profit to the state from this source of over $94,000. These profits have 
been used for other purposes than the conservation of game and fish. This 
should not be. They should be used to improve the service and to invest 
in areas where game and fish may thrive. Tell your political friends that. 
Proposed Park Area for Illinois. Two years ago a bill was introduced 
by Representative Harlan B. Kauffman to provide for a state park board 
to formulate a comprehensive system of state parks, forests, etc., and an 
annual appropriation of $250,000 was to be made available for the carry- 
ing out by the department of public works of this program. The bill 
_ failed of support in the House. A similar bill will doubtless be brought 
up at this coming session. Your political friends should be interested in 
hat 
Other matters of moment to all lovers of wild life may come up. The 
pollution of the water courses in our state and destruction of potential 
food resources therein continue in spite of protest. The Urbana Gas and 
Electric Company has been indicted on the charge of permitting chemicals 
from their plant to enter the waters of Salt Creek. A corporation at 
Aurora is charged with polluting the waters of Fox River and killing the 
fish. Chicago continues to wash its filth down the Illinois Valley. Perhaps 
there is a legislative way to checkmate this. 
There is a possibility that the friends of the Quail will propose a five 
year closed season at this time. Now that a Federal Court has ruled that 
the Mourning Dove is a migratory bird, there may be an effort to remove 
this bird from the list of game birds of Illinois. For sentimental reasons alone 
the Audubonites will wish to speak a word for these birds. The Quail is 
coming to ke regarded as an economic necessity. Let us try to persuade 
sportsmen to join with us in protecting the Quail. Tell your political friends 
how ycu feel about that. 
A New Edition 
It is gratifying to be able to announce the appearance of the 
second edition of The Birds of New York by Elon Howard Eaton, 
and published and issued as a memorial of the New York State 
Museum. It is in two large quarto volumes, beautifully printed, 
and illustrated by excellent drawings and half tones and by 106 
large color plates of birds after original paintings by Louis 
Agassiz Fuertes. The first edition has been out of print for 
some years and the appearance of the second edition is peculiarly 
welcome for that reason. This exceedingly valuable work is 
distributed by the state of New York at cost, this being six 
dollars for the two volumes plus the postage. The work can 
be obtained by addressing the New York State Museum, Albany, - 
New York. It might be added that the colored plates can be 
obtained separately in a portfolio at the nominal cost of one dol- 
lar for the entire portfolio. The plates thus issued in separate 
form are not printed on as heavy paper as in the bound volumes 
and lose somewhat in value because of that, but even as it is, 
a portfolio of such valuable colored plates at the price mentioned 
is an exceptional bargain. 
