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FISHING AND HUNTING NOTES Sportsmen of New York State are building shelters in that state to protect the uail uailThe The Commissioners of Game of Massachusetts urge the feeding of birds during the severe winter weather weatherThe The band of elk in Colorado counted by national forest officers has decreased from seventyfive to fiftyfive head The Wild Life League of Pennsylvania will urge the legislature to confine the hunting of ruffed grouse to alternate years beginning with 1919 1919The The Michigan Wild Life ConserAition Association received in the will of Charles H Davis Michigan sportsman 500 in trust the income of which is to be used by the association associationA A 31 Ingold cashier of the First National Bank of Morgantown N Jj recently found a lizard with two tails The explanation is that one is an old tail and the other a new tail that has grown out of the side of the others as a result of an injury injuryThe The Wisconsin Game Protective Association be ¬ lieves that the federal wildfowl regulations should be amended so as to allow the shooting of migratory birds half an hour after sunset and that as soon as the change had been made in the federal regulations a like change should be made in the state law to conform to it itIn In the last fiscal year the government officials rescued stranded food fishes in the overflowed waters of the Mississippi River and tributaries total ¬ ing 5497S30 The fish included bowfiu buffalo fish carp catfish gizzard shad blackbass tnippit roikbass siinfish yellow perch whitebass drum pike pickerel anil shiners A grouper shark the largest ever taken so close to shore was captured by tapt John Hussar while fishing from the pier at Avalon Cal with a hand line The shark which weighed 285 pounds almost pulled the fisherman off the pier before assistant came Then a rope was placed around the body of the shark and block and tackle did the rest restJohn John H Wallace Jr commissioner of game and fish is taking up with the State Department and the biological survey the question of urging the republics of Mexico Central and South America to protect migratory birds that temporarily sojourn there in winter The birds under the provisions of the enabling act now receive protection from the Arctic to the Mexican border borderPreservation Preservation for all time of one of the most famous virgin forest areas in the entire Adirondack region is assured according to an announcement just made by the Conservation Commission that the State of New York is to appropriate for forest preserve purposes a tract of 1120 acres upon the slopes of Mackenzie and Saddleback Mountains peaks which are familiar to every visitor to Sarauac Lake or Lake Placid
