SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. Lil 
Sault Ste. Marie, Chase S. Osborn, ‘‘ Birds are increasing ; nearly twice 
as many, or quite, as 15 years ago.’’ 2. 
Sault Ste. Marie, J. H. Steere, ‘“As a whole, birds are decreasing. 
Have perhaps decreased %{ to %. Most of the 
destruction has been by hunters amongst the 
the game birds.’’ 1, 3,5. 
Greenville, Percy Selous, ‘‘Except a few species, birds are de- 
creasing. Wild turkey, sandhill crane, wood- 
duck and birds of prey fast disappearing.’’ 3, 8, 
1: 
Bay City, Newell A. Eddy ‘‘ Water fowl have greatly decreased, 
through persistent persecution. Shore birds in- 
creasing, owing to waters of Saginaw Bay reced- 
ing. City birds driven out by English sparrow ; 
sparrow now being destroyed for bounty. One 
small roost of wild pigeons reported near Flint 
im 1896: 1; 8. 
Iron Mountain, E. E. Brewster, ‘‘ Birds are about holding their num- 
Det sad. 
Wisconsin :-— 
Milwaukee, Prof. H. Nehrling,  ‘‘ Birds are decreasing fearfully in this 
locality. . . . Where, in the days of my boy- 
hood, thirty-five years agb, orchards and wood- 
lands were ringing with bird music, silence 
seems to reign supreme in these last years of the 
century . . . Of many of the birds named [our 
finest song and game birds] scarcely 4 are to be 
found now, while of numerous other species 
scarcely ;4, or even ;4 are to be met with 
to-day.”’ 2, 5, 3, 1, 4, 7, 9. 
Milwaukee, Prof. R. M. Strong, ‘‘ Birds have decreased very greatly. 
. . . Shooting by men and boys is a very 
destructive practice, and one that might be 
stopped.) 7 7G;.2. 
Milwaukee, John A, Brandon, ‘‘Birds are decreasing, apparently 
decidedly so.”’ 2, 7, 16. 
Fox Lake, Geo. A. Morrison, ‘* One-half as many birds as formerly. 
Indiscriminate shooting, both spring and fall, 
has caused a great decrease in upland game 
birds and ducks. Spring shooting should be 
stopped.’’ 1, 5. 
Waukesha, Clarence P. Howe, ‘* Have noticed a marked decrease in 
the bird fauna around Waukesha within the last 
apyeatss 2 eG: 6: 
Ripon, FE. Morgan Congdon, ‘‘Only game birds decreasing per- 
‘ceptible? 22, 9.78: 
Delavan, N. Hollister, A favored locality! Very little de- 
crease, save of a few conspicuous species. No 
milliner’s hunters, few sportsmen and hunters, 
boy egg-collectors few and far between, only one 
ornithologist : good breeding grounds. 
Milton, Prof. Ludwig Kumlien, ‘I could not give the percentage 
of decrease for the state as greater than 30% in 
15 years ; locally it seems greater. If one goes 
back 25 to 35 years, I should say it might amount 
to 50% for settled portions of the state. The 
