SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. 1a By 
the small boy and negro; otherwise they would 
do damage. The pileated woodpecker is still 
found within 5 miles of Raleigh! Deer and 
bear are found nearly all over the state, and 
wild turkey in this county—the most populous 
in the state. In the east, the terns and shore- 
birds have been very largely killed out by the 
plume hunters, who do not come here.”’ 
Littleton, Harry H. Thorne, ‘‘T do not think there has been a per- 
ceptible decrease in the number of birds within 
the time mentioned, with perhaps the exception 
of game birds.”’ 
Deal’s Island, Carrituck Sound, M. Corbel, “In this locality and the 
bays of Virginia, during the past 10 years, the 
wild fowl—canvas-back ducks, red head, and all 
other kinds—have decreased %. Swans have 
almost disappeared. Causes: float shooting, 
shooting from sail boats, fire-lighting and shoot- 
ing at night. 
South Carolina :-— 
Charleston, Prof. E. A. Smyth, Jr., All species reported upon greatly 
reduced in numbers. ‘‘ All herons nearly exter- 
minated.’? Some species now regaining their 
numbers somewhat. Both the herons and terns 
have been destroyed en masse by plume-hunters 
—local and from Florida—but winter gulls still 
remain. ‘‘ The flocks of ducks wintering in the 
harbor are less than ;', of what they used to be.” 
Black skimmer, 4 remain; various sandpipers, 
\% ; long-billed curlew, 10 where there used to 
be 5001 4,6, 14: 
Charleston, H.C. Cheves, ‘“Some varieties have decreased very 
much, others little. Taking all together, should 
say there are about 20 per cent. less than 15 years 
ago. . . . Greatest loss has been amongst mi- 
gratory varieties.’’ 4, 3, 14. 
Mount Pleasant, Arthur T. Wayne, ‘‘ Birds are decreasing in my locality. 
About 4% the number are here now. . . . The 
least tern and snowy heron are entirely extinct. 
They bred abundantly here in 1885-1887.”’ 4. 
Columbia, John T. Tennant. ‘“On an average, bird life is about as 
plentiful as it was 15 years ago. 
By i. 
Florida :— 
Osprey, Manatee Co., John G. Webb, ‘‘ Yes, birds are decreasing. Com- 
pared with the number 30 years ago, there are 
not over 10 per cent. Compared with 15 years 
ago, Ishould say 25 percent. The destroyers are 
the men who sell plumesand birds’ wings to north- 
ern dealers. The rookeries have been destroyed. 
Twenty years ago, an ornithologist observed 16 
species of herons and egrets in two weeks around 
my place. You would not now see 16 birds 
(individuals) in a whole year / ‘They have been 
simply annihilated. A stray one comes along 
but rarely.’ 4. 
