168 BIRD FRIENDS 



he killed 4948 plover, 5066 snipe, 5291 quail, 5291 

 prairie chickens, 8117 useful blackbirds, 61,752 

 ducks, and many other birds, making a total of 

 139,628 birds representing twenty-nine species. 



In the State of Nebraska nearly a half-million 

 quail and grouse were formerly sold annually. 



In the State of Alabama, before the present game 

 laws were passed, nine million bob-whites were 

 killed in one season. 



In Georgetown, South Carolina, 240,000 rails and 

 720,000 bobolinks have been shipped in one season. 



Below is the official record of game killed in 

 Louisiana during the season (12 months) of 1909 

 and 1910: — 



Wild ducks (sea and river) 3,176,000 



Quail (bob-white) 1,140,750 



Snipe, sandpiper, and plover 606,635 



Doves 310,660 



Coots 280,740 



Geese and brant 202,210 



Wild turkeys 2,219 



Total number of game-birds killed 5,719,214 



The milliners' trade. Formerly our common song- 

 birds, such as scarlet tanagers, orioles, and blue- 

 birds, were shot and sold for the milliners' trade. 

 In 1886 Mr. Frank M. Chapman observed the 

 feathered decorations on the hats of women he hap- 

 pened to meet in the shopping district of New York 

 City for two afternoons. He found in common use 

 such birds as robins, thrushes, blackbirds, tanagers, 

 swallows, warblers, and waxwings. He also found 



