. Bird-lore . he New York StateConservation Commission, as providedfor in the new law. The choice is a par-ticularly happy one. Mr. Pratt is not onlya man of wide social and financial influence,but is one of the most level-headed game-conservationists we have in the organizations of any importance areactually engaged in wild-life preservation,where Mr. Pratts name is not to be found among the members. He has for someyears been a life-member of, and contribu-tor to, the National Association of Audu-bon Societies, so that we have long lookedupon him as one of our strong
. Bird-lore . he New York StateConservation Commission, as providedfor in the new law. The choice is a par-ticularly happy one. Mr. Pratt is not onlya man of wide social and financial influence,but is one of the most level-headed game-conservationists we have in the organizations of any importance areactually engaged in wild-life preservation,where Mr. Pratts name is not to be found among the members. He has for someyears been a life-member of, and contribu-tor to, the National Association of Audu-bon Societies, so that we have long lookedupon him as one of our strong accepting this office, he has the unitedsupport and good will of all the people ofNew York State who in any way are in-terested in the preservation of our naturalwild assets, and it is perfectly apparentthat he will succeed admirably with thetrying duties of his situation. 334 Bird - Lore With the Field-AgentsBIRDS OF THE CACTUS COUNTRY By WILLIAM L. and IRENE FINLEYIllustrated from photographs by the authors. I HE desert is strictand harsh withher is spent onthe march or inthe every-thing is fortifiedwith cactus hasa panoply ofpoints to pro-tect its soft, spongy interior; the mesquite,thepalo-verde and the delicate white poppy,clothe themselves in thorns. The pudgytoad in our Oregon garden grows fat andlazy, but he wouldnt last long in on the desert, Nature arms her toadsand lizards in thorns and scales. The toadgrows flat and thin, can run like a streak,and digs a hiding-place in the sand. Hewears a crown of thorns, and isreally a lizard instead of a toad. Of all desert plants, the choUa-cactus is the most treacherous, yetit is the favorite nesting-place ofthe Cactus Wren. The first of thesenests we saw was a gourd-shapedbundle of fibers and grasses, with ahallway running in from the couldnt look in, so I tried tofeel. I ran my hand in as far as Icould till the thorns about theentrance pricked into my flesh. Ibeg
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