Breeder and sportsman . story specimens that,on paper, are remarkable. Several days ago Harry Smith of Penngrove killeda very peculiar specimen of a bird on the laguna near January 19, 1H01] ©lt« jH-ecbcx* axxb gixjovi&xxxaxi 11 Santa Rosa. It had the body of a rail in size andshape, hut its head is that of a widgeon. It is of adeep chocolate color, and its legs are like that of arail, while the feet are the same as those of a canvas-back duck. The open season, for quail and wild ducks will closeon March 1st, this is the gereral statute in that re-spect. In Alameda, Sonoma, Fresno, Kern, San B
Breeder and sportsman . story specimens that,on paper, are remarkable. Several days ago Harry Smith of Penngrove killeda very peculiar specimen of a bird on the laguna near January 19, 1H01] ©lt« jH-ecbcx* axxb gixjovi&xxxaxi 11 Santa Rosa. It had the body of a rail in size andshape, hut its head is that of a widgeon. It is of adeep chocolate color, and its legs are like that of arail, while the feet are the same as those of a canvas-back duck. The open season, for quail and wild ducks will closeon March 1st, this is the gereral statute in that re-spect. In Alameda, Sonoma, Fresno, Kern, San Benitoand Santa Clara counties the close season on quailcommences February 1st. It has been unlawful tohunt or kill quail in Los Angeles county since January1st, in Marin county since January 15th, in San Mateocounty since December 1st, in Yolo county since De-cember 3d, in Ventura county since November 1st, inOrange county since October 5th. The close season onquail in Kern county will prevail after February Coming Events. Feb. 3—Second casting Stow Lake, 10 a. ii. San Francisco Striped Bass Fish Commissioners7 Report. The sixteenth biennial report of the State Board ofFish Commissioners for the years 1899-1900 has justbeen issued. The document is replete with much in-teresting information, statistics, data, etc., pertainingto the value and importance of the fishes in our inlandand coast waters, game protection and enforcement ofthe law, fish propagation, needed legislation, inspectionand seizure of fish and game shipments, the presentruinous system of shrimp fishing, fish hatcheries, troutand salmon statistics, fish protection, an interestingchapter on sea lions and their status as fish destroyers,with a short history of their contemplated thinningout last year and letters explanatory of the withdrawalof Federal sanction for the killing of the animals uponproperty under the immediate jurisdiction of theWashington authorities. A few brief extracts from
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