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GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. 



The following score, ^ from the Winous Point Club, indicates 

 the decrease of Redheads in their region in twenty years : — 



Year. 



1881, 



1882, 

 1883, 

 1884, 

 1885, 

 1886, 

 1887, 

 1888, 

 1889, 

 1890, 



Birds 

 killed. 



1,415 



1,987 



1,699 



927 



1,058 



366 



21 



56 



16 



63 



Year. 



1891, 

 1892, 

 1893, 

 1894, 

 1895, 

 1896, 

 1897, 

 1898, 

 1899, 

 1900, 



Birds 

 killed. 



81 



510 



216 



40 



5 



207 



68 



4 



19 



1 



Another score - from the same club gives some information 

 regarding three other species during the same time: — 



Year. 



Canvas-backs. 



Mallards. 



Blue-winged 

 Teal. 



A club record ^ from the Sandusky marshes in Ohio shows 

 the decrease in Blue-winged Teal and Green-winged Teal in 

 eighteen years : — 



Year. 



Green-winged 

 Teal. 



1881, 

 1885, 

 1890, 

 1899, 



441 

 506 

 373 

 184 



1 Huntington, Dwight W.: Our Feathered Game. 1903, p. 183. 



2 Ibid., p. 212. 3 Ihid., p. 232. 



