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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Ishawood, Big Horn Co. 
Cora. Ira Dodge. 
Douglas. Dr. Mortimer 
Jas. L. McLaughlin. “Birds are slowly de- 
creasing in this section. About 24 as many as 
9 years ago. No particular class of men respon- 
sible. Ruffed grouse are fewer than any other. 
Small birds are seldom disturbed. Elk, mule 
deer and mountain sheep are about one-half as 
plentiful as they were 10 years ago. Moose and 
antelope are about one-third. Skin hunters are 
responsible for their destruction. Still quite a 
lot of antelope in the Big Horn basin.”’ 
“Birds are increasing in Wyoming. Cause: In- 
creased settlements and food. Present yearly 
decrease of antelope, 20%; black-tail deer, 10 %; 
black and grizzly bears, 10 to 15% ; mountain 
sheep (by hard winters and varmints), 10%. 
Moose, none. Coyotes, increasing. In my 
opinion, with improvement in our game laws, 
none of our game animals need become extinct 
—except the bison.”’ 
Jesurun. ‘‘No decrease [in birds] except of 
sage grouse and sharp-tailed grouse. Half as 
many of the former, one-tenth as many of the 
latter. There is no market-hunting of birds, 
Elk are almost extinct in eastern third [of the 
state] where 10 years ago they existed in abun- 
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Yellowstone Park. Elwood Hofer. The rapid increase of coyotes and 
Utah :— 
Salt Lake City. 
Colorado :— 
Ft. Collins. 
ets Collins: 
gray wolves threatens the destruction of all the 
antelope in the Park. The coyotes are very bold, 
and run down and kill antelope within sight of 
the town of Gardiner. But for the coyotes there 
would now be 1,000 antelope in the Park. 
Prof. Marcus E. Jones. ‘‘ Birds are increasing in num- 
ber in Utah. Grouse of all kinds are about ata 
stand-still. Ducks are decreasing, due to hunt- 
ing. Quail and gulls are increasing, due to pro- 
tection. Blackbirds and the like are increasing, 
and no species of birds are becoming extinct. 
Buffalo and mountain goat, all extinct. Moun- 
tain sheep, white-tailed deer, black bear and 
timber wolf are nearly extinct.”’ 
Prof. W. W. Cooke. ‘‘ The birds of this, an irrigated re- 
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gion, have increased decidedly, and are still in- 
creasing. Probably fully double. [Becoming 
extinct]: Turkeys, sharp-tailed grouse, and 
ruffed grouse.”’ 
Burnett. ‘‘I have been a resident here for 15 
years, and from field observations in this region 
I say birds are decidedly on the decrease. About 
¥% remain. [Cause]: Boys from 12 to 20, whe 
shoot everything in sight, especially the common 
birds. Elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep and 
most of the smaller mammals are becoming very 
scarce; also the common birds, as mountain 
bluebird, western robin, western meadow-lark, 
house finch, red-shafted flicker, Bullock’s oriole 
and barn swallow.”’ 
