The sun., 1916-03-07
URGE Wild TURKEY
AS EMBLEM OF U. s.
Game Lovers In Conference
Favor Chasing Eagle From
His High Perch.
PEACOCK EATEN At FEAST

Substitution Of the wild irrse, for
the eagle as Americas representative
bird was recommended at the national
conference of the American Game Pro-
tective Association a, the Waldorf yes
/ terday. yet when the protectionists sat
down TO dinner last nigh; they feas,ed
neither on turkey nor engle. but on the
sweet flesh OF a peacock sent up by Il.
4. Chles from his farm near Mount
sterling. Ky.
more who hymned the wood turkey as
the 'proudest and sta.eliest of all Amer
I lean birds"
The gorgeous colors OF the Wild tur-
Key" he said. "glisten in the sunshine
like vanished bronze. His broad shoul.
der- and deep chest and firm steps show
that he H. az hardy a. an oak Hn has
clean cut game head, jewelled with
bright eyes. He IL always on the look
out for trouble. and his suspicious make
| him the arandest American game bird
for the hunter to stalk and get "A shot
at"
Benjamin Franklin. said Mr.. Bridges.
suggested that the American eagle be
| replaced by the Wild turkey. and for
Mr.. Bridges's part he never could un-
derstand why this advice was not ac-
cepted. Incidentally he remarked that
he recently shot the largest wild turkey
ever killed in Maryland. II weighed
thirty -four pounds and was four feet
! four inches long. II is TO be presented
10 the Museum Of Natural Science in
| Philadelphia
The association heard from Lee \.
| Crandall how songbirds are disappear
| ing from our trees. He said this was
especially true OF the bluebrd. which
has suffered from the destruction of
| nesting cavities in the trimming OF or
chards. New Workers still see many
bluebirds in migration periods. but they
have about given up breeding in the
vicinity of this city.
| For the first time colorcd slides were
exhibited made from plates which are 70
be used in Illustrating the great work
| on pheasantS which Is being prepared AZ
/ an expense of siu0.0oo, borne by Col.
| Anthony X. Kuser. e. william Bccbc
! is doing the task under the direction %
| m" New York Geological Society. The
four volumes OF this work Will be sold
! AZ s250
George n. Pratt. Conservation COM
missioner. indicated by speeI, and mo-
| ton pictures what New York IS doing
| To- save its forests and water power. He
said that lumber efmen IN the Ad!rondacks
are cutting down five times a. many
trees az are being planted. and that the
| only remedy is for the State To- buy
, more Adirondack lands NJ Pratt also
said that the law prohibiting the bring
| ing OF game from other States was a
mistake" and that an attempt to modify
II IN favor OF properly licensed persons
will t% made.
/ other dinner guests were Norman Nc
4 Clintock, who showed moving, te'ephJto
/ pictures of wild birds ~ Florida and
southern Louisiana \. X. Fisher. WIZ.
/ lam l.. Finley. William n. Roultou. wro
presided John : Burnham. Arthur y.
| Allen George y. irnnen. j. =. HI
! shaw. William T lIornaday. pr. George
! f. kuuz and t. \. tlua-les
| A dozen men who are working to
! make the United states worth whil' AZ
I a game breeding country viii speak at
! to-day's final session of the conference.
which will begin at 10 O'Clock