. Bird-lore . ^^ \K N > 1 of ijirds as an asset of tlic slate, and estab-lish a Game Commission in order to seethat the bird and game laws are enforced. Mosquito Inlet Reservation I have just returned Irom a trij) nvvrthe reservation made with ( aplaiii Paictti,and am inuch gratified wiiii conditionsprevailing there. \ery good order exists,there being praitically no shooting, andthe fact that the Government is in control-<alls forth the respect of people generally. MHlS C. McLKOI) iif tlie liotels was entirelv discontinuedthis year, the guests devoting themselvesto fishing or go
. Bird-lore . ^^ \K N > 1 of ijirds as an asset of tlic slate, and estab-lish a Game Commission in order to seethat the bird and game laws are enforced. Mosquito Inlet Reservation I have just returned Irom a trij) nvvrthe reservation made with ( aplaiii Paictti,and am inuch gratified wiiii conditionsprevailing there. \ery good order exists,there being praitically no shooting, andthe fact that the Government is in control-<alls forth the respect of people generally. MHlS C. McLKOI) iif tlie liotels was entirelv discontinuedthis year, the guests devoting themselvesto fishing or going south to MosquitoLagoon. This has saved a great manybirds throughout the reservation, due towarnings and watclifulness of WardenPacetti. On our trip down in the launch,Monday, three of the large signs werel)la<ed, one on I lie high sand-bar nearthe inlet, the at a bend in the Hills-brough River nearly o|)posile Mr. SamsHotel, Ncw Sinvrna, and one at the soutli- The Audubon Societies 53. \(KTTI AT LEFT i »F PICIUKF ern limit near Hawks Park. This signis on an oyster bar near a heavy growthof mangrove brushes (now nearly trees),beyond which is an immense area ofmarsh grass subject to tidal mangroves were alive with aquaticbirds, principally Great Blue and otherHerons, which arose with alarming criesat our intrusion. This sign is close to themain channel and easily seen by any onepassing up or down the river, which ishere very tortuous and requires an ex-perienced pilot. The large sign set on theinner shoal about i,ooo feet inside andwest of the ocean last spring, by CaptainPacetti and myself, was carried away inOctober by a gale and heavy seas withcross tide, which at this point runs like amill-race. It was set on a heavy yellow-pine upright, 6x6, painted white and setinto the sand to a depth of four feet, Viutwas completely undermined. Two of thelarge new signs were set on Monday; oneat Live Oak Point and the other at LittleIclican Island, the northern
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