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Illinois -— 
Chicago, 
Chicago, 
Warsaw, 
Terra Cotta, 
Terra Cotta, 
NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Benj. T. Gault, Decided decrease in bird life, both as 
to numbers and species. Proportions difficult 
to estimate, because it varies from a slight falling 
off of some species to an entire disappearance 
of others. Decrease from natural causes has 
been compensated by a corresponding increase 
of other forms ; so man’s devices are responsible 
for the net loss. The crow is reported asa great 
nest robber, very destructive to the eggs of the 
pinnated grouse. Many species are named as 
becoming rare, or already extinct. Remedy pro- 
posed : ‘‘Do away with spring shooting and make 
market hunting illegal.’’ 8,7, 2, 5,1. 
Prof. F. M. Woodruff, ‘“‘ Decrease, 14 in passeres, % in water 
fowl. Ardea egretta and passenger pigeon en- 
tirely gone.”’ 1, 3. 
Chas. K. Worthen, ‘‘ Birds about half gone. Most home 
birds driven to forests by English sparrow, which 
is increasing frightfully, and proving a greater 
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curse as they increase.’’ 3, 5, 2. 
Robert Knetsch. ‘* Decrease is surely an indisputable 
fact ; about { to % remain. Many town ‘ sports- 
men’ shoot every bird seen ‘for the sake of 
Sports =), 1. 
Isaac EK. Hess, ‘“ We are so fortunate as to have 3¢ 
of our numbers of ten years ago. Very few birds 
are killed in this vicinity. Our active ornitholo- 
gists would rather shoot with opera glasses than 
firearms. Summing up, I find 23 species are 
decreasing, 13 species with numbers about the 
same, and 31 species are gradually or rapidly 
increasing.’’ [List given of each class. ] 
Lacon, R. M. Barnes, ‘‘General decrease, about £; of geese, 
ducks and swan %; bluebirds ,%.’’ 3. 
Kentucky :— 
Lexington, Prof. H. Garman, ‘* Not half as many birds here as there 
were in Ill. when I collected in 1877-1881.” 
5, 2, 6. 
Tennessee :— 
Nashville, | William Osburn, ‘* Fully as many birds as six years ago. 
Hunters destroy doves, bob whites and robins.”’ 
Michigan :— 
Detroit, R. J. Cram, ‘* Water fowl generally have decreased 
in number, almost to total extinction. Certainly 
not more than % as many seen now in Mich. as 
were seen 15 years ago.”’ 3. 
Battle Creek, Fred. Wells, ‘* Birds generally decreased about 4. 
Sparrow bounty law results in the killing of many 
sparrows not English. Destruction of game 
birds very great, and all species disappearing. 
5,1, 8. 
Kalamazoo, 
Dr. Morris Gibbs, ‘‘Not % as many birds as 15 years ago. 
. . . All the ducks are much fewer, as well as 
the shore and all game birds.’’ 8, 11, chief 
causes. 
