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A few fishermen may want to row about to places not otherwise 
accessible, but it is believed that these will be few. 
Hunters are forbidden by the state to shoot on the lake; and birds 
are safe there at all times as far as lawful shooting is concerned, for the 
lake is under the specific care of the state game and fish department as 
a reserve or refuge. 
If the hunters will obey this ruling, they will find that the birds will 
come in great numbers to the lake and will fly out into the fields and 
along neighboring water courses to feed, when the hunter will have his 
chance. 
WARDENS TO ENFORCE LAW 
The game wardens have served notice that the rule about shooting 
on the lake must be observed. The open season rule never applies to the 
lake itself. It is closed at all seasons to any kind of shooting. 
The movement to keep even boatmen away from certain parts of 
the lake so that the birds may be wholly undisturbed 1s just along the line 
followed last spring when the birds became so friendly and tame in the 
area near the county bridge. 
PENALTY HEAVY 
The penalty for violations of the section of the act protecting the 
game preserves is a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200, or im- 
prisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than 
sixty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. 
With the public sentiment in this community so strong for the pro- 
tection of the water fowl, the game wardens and other officials feel that 
their stand on atest. of the law will be backed by both the people 
and the courts. 
A Lecture Course and Correspondence Course 
in the 
Elements ot Ornithology 
HROUGHOUT New England there are many people who would 
like to study ornithology or at least take a first course in this 
science. This demand comes from members of bird clubs, ornithological 
clubs, the New England Bird Banding Association, etc. Few of our 
universities offer courses in this subject. To supply ‘this need the New 
England Bird Banding Association has secured the services of Dr. 
Glover M. Allen, who will give a course in the Elements of Ornithology 
in Boston this coming winter. The Nuttall Ornithological Club, the 
Brookline Bird Club and the Essex County Ornithological Club have 
officially endorsed the project. Dr. Allen is an all-around naturalist, 
