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Minnesota :— 
Lanesboro, 
St. Paul, 
Lowa :— 
Des Moines 
Boone, 
Boone, 
Keokuk, 
Keokuk, 
Keokuk, 
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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
shore birds have decreased more than any other 
order. Ducks have held their own fairly well, 
considering that they may be legally slaughtered 
in spring, after they have sated, (up to May 1), 
in both Wisconsin and Illinois . . . Ruffed 
grouse have suffered, no doubt, to an extent 
(locally) of 75% and more. . . . Laws have 
forbidden hunting prairie chickens with dogs, 
and this, with drier weather in May and June, 
has been favorable to them. . . . A very few 
passenger pigeons still linger—a ‘mere trace.’ 
Gulls and terns have decreased very markedly. 
1, 16, 4,7. [Remedy proposed]: Abolish 
Spring shooting, make it impossible for boys to 
procure permits, do not allow the taking of eggs 
at all, put a bounty on the English sparrow, and 
let nature take its own course.” 
Dr. J. €. Evester. ‘‘ Some speciesare decreasing. Swim- 
ming and wading birds have decreased very 
much, since the country has become so remark- 
ably much drier. Hunting has not had much 
to do with it.”’ 
Walton I. Mitchell, ‘‘ Birds are not noticably decreasing, 
except in certain cases. Total decrease, perhaps 
one-tenth. Becoming extinct: red-headed wood- 
pecker, bluebird, robin and Baltimore oriole.’’ 2. 
A. J. Johnson, Great decrease in birds generally, 
estimated at %. ‘‘ Kites and all of the geese, 
ducks and cranes’’ are threatened with extinc- 
tion. 2, 5, 3. 
Carl Fritz Henning, ‘‘ One-third of the birds remain.’’ 
3, 
Hon. Charles Aldrich, ‘‘ All [birds] are yearly diminishing 
rapidly. Some species are seldom, if ever, seen. 
: Bobolinks, bluebirds, swallows, shrikes 
and possibly some others’? becoming extinct. 
‘“migratory aquatic birds almost never seen.”’ 
Causes: ‘‘ Cultivation, the drying-up of rivers, 
streams, lakes and sloughs, egg-collecting, and 
some shooting.’’ 6, 5. 
Edmonde S. Currier, ‘‘ Birds as a whole are not disappear- 
ing, but, excepting the quail, the game birds, 
water-fowl, and birds of prey certainly are. Of 
the raptores 14 remain; water fowl % ; [upland] 
game birds not over ;};!’’ 1, 5, 8, 
Dr. J. M. Shaffer, Only water fowl and _ ivory-billed 
woodpecker decreasing. Wild turkey, prairie 
chicken and ruffed grouse quoted as becoming 
extinct. ‘‘Quail abundant. Game laws fairly 
well obeyed. Public sentiment strong in favor 
of protection of a// birds, even owls and 
hawks.’’ 5. 
Wm. HE. Praeger, ‘* Leaving out the great increase in the 
English sparrow, the total [of living birds] 
would have to be lowered by, say 15 per cent.’’ 
