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Alabama :— 
Birmingham, Robert Y. Jones, Birds are decreasing. One-fourth of 
the quail remain. No ducks at all. Deer are 
getting very scarce, wild ducks almost extinct. 
One cause, non-resident shooters. 3. 
Auburn, C. F. Bachus, Residence too short to afford an estimate. 
‘‘ Negroes and college boys shoot doves. English 
sparrows drive many birds out of town.”’ 
Mississippi :— 
Moss Point, C. H. Wood, ‘‘Birds have decreased at least %. 
The most potent cause is the rapidly increasing 
fondness for hunting, and desire to kill, by men 
and boys.”’ 3, 2. 
Leggett, W. W. Leggett, ‘‘Some birds have decreased 14, some 
34.’? Becoming extinct: quail, 
ducks, turkey, deer. 3. 
Moss Point, J. A. Hatlestad, ‘‘ Apparently birds are not decreasing. 
None are becoming extinct.’’ 
Louisiana :— 
New Orleans, Gustave Kohn, Birds are decreasing. There are now 
about 1 in comparison with 15 yearsago. No 
attention is paid to the state laws for the protec- 
tion of small birds, and there are nostate officers 
to enforce them.’”’ 17, 3, 14. 
New Orleans, Prof. H. Nehrling. See ‘‘ Reports on Game Birds.”’ 
New Orleans, Andrew Allison, ‘‘T think that birds are not perceptibly 
: decreasing. . . . Immense numbers of nonpa- 
reils and indigo buntings are caught every spring, 
cardinals at all times, and some goldfinches in 
winter. The number of painted and indigo bun- 
tings in the New Orleans bird stores in spring and 
summer is appalling. Have seen the following 
species in bird stores: blue grosbeak, indigo 
bird, Baltimore oriole, rose-breasted grosbeak, 
cardinal, mocking-bird, green jay, troopial, cedar 
bird and others. . . . A pernicious agency for 
the practical destruction of thousands of our 
native birds.’ 14, 3. 
Avery, John A. McIlhenny, Game birds and ‘‘ plumage’’ birds 
greatly decreased in number. Geese, ducks, 
snipe, ;5 of what were here 15 years ago. 3, 4 
10, 
Arkansas :— 
Helena, Mrs. Louise McG. Stephenson. ‘‘ Yes, birds are decreas- 
ing. There are not % in comparison with 15 
years ago. Already extinct: paroquet, ivory- 
billed woodpecker and passenger pigeon. _Be- 
coming extinct: bluebirds, cardinals, mockers 
and indeed all song and gay plumaged birds. 
All wild creatures are gradually decreasing in 
number.” 3) 5, 17, 4, 10; 
Little Rock, Hon. U. M. Rose, ‘Birds are decreasing, and about % 
remain. Becoming extinct: all birds of bright 
plumage, and mocking birds.’’ 2, 17, 4. 
Imboden, Carrington C. Bacon, ‘‘ Some varieties are decreasing. De- 
crease of wild turkey, 40°; herons, 40°; ducks, 
