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Nebraska :— 
Lincoln, Prof. C. E. Bessey, ‘‘Game birds of nearly all kinds, es- 
pecially geese and ducks, have decreased ; others 
have held their own. Robins have greatly 
increased.”’ 
Hay Springs, C. A. Waterman, ‘‘Some kinds have not decreased ; 
some have very much. Wild ducks, geese and 
other water fowl have decreased %4.”’ 3, 5. 
North Dakota :— 
Mandan, J- D; Allen, ‘‘ Birds have decreased about %4.’’ 5, 1. 
Becoming extinct: moose, elk, mountain sheep, 
beaver, otter, wolverine, sage grouse. Buffalo 
already gone. 
Sanborn, Geo. F. Carl, ‘“Not % as many small birds as 10 
years ago. AJ/ are decreasing.”’ 
Medora, Howard Eaton, “Yess birds are SCE Three- 
Hons als decrease in pin-tail grouse, $$ in magpies, 
, to 34 in blackbirds, 3¢ in sage grouse. [Cause: ] 
tee hunters; and poison for the magpies. 
Buffalo and elk gone, beaver almost wiped out; 
sheep, mule deer, antelope and otter, ditto ; 
golden eagles nearly gone, by poison. Wolves, 
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coyotes and prairie dogs are increasing.”’ 3. 
SOUTHERN STATES. 
Mistrict of Columbia :— 
Washington, William Palmer, ‘About % of the land birds and { of 
the water birds eee Immediately about 
Washington, birds [in general] have decreased 
wy, I might say. %, but fear that would be a 
: little over the mark.’’ 8. 
Maryland :— 
Baltimore, F. C. Kirkwood, ‘‘Some species decreasing, others 
not. Ducks are getting much 
fewer.”’ 8, 11. 
Laurel, Henry Marshall, ‘‘ Vand birds have decreased %.’’ 8, 2. 
Virginia :-— 
Blakesburg, Prof. E. A. Smyth, Jr., ‘‘A scarcity of hawks, but in six 
years haye noticed no diminution in other bird 
life, generally.” 
West Virginia :— 
Charleston, W. S. Edwards, Quantity of bird life about the same 
as 15 years ago. 
North Carolina :— 
Haslin, Beaufort Co., Fenner S. Jarvis, ‘‘ More birds now here than for 
many years. Iamsure we have !4 as many more 
here. The foxes, minks and hawks are the birds’ 
worst enemies.’ 
Raleigh, C. S. Brimley, ‘“In 17 years can see no decrease in 
the numbers of birds in this locality, save of 
bluebirds—killed by the cold winter of 1895. No 
market hunters here ; no collectors save myself. 
Less shooting done here than 10 years ago. I 
think the low price of cotton has impoverished 
