J. H. WILKINS, Chen-y Grove: 



Hawks. S5kunks, 'coons and \v>'asi'ls d.-sti-'i.\ iiig i>"ul<iy. I'to. 



F. F. WELD, Sugar Grove: 



Rabbits killed by fox and mink, poultry hy hawks, hinndini; 

 partridges greatly pestered by foxes. 



H. B. BLANDIXG, Barnes: 



I have known of red squirrels taking small birds, skunks will 

 take eggs from under a pheasant, and sometimes the pheasant, 

 too; oiwls killed four of my hens in one night, and a skunk 

 took ten young chicks of mine in one night al.so. 



W. S. PEIRCE. Warren: 



Frequently see during the eariy siiov 

 of grouse feathers on the snow with fo: 



ing from them; eggs broken in the siirinK witn tn-f ndnr m tn.- 

 skunk still about the nest. 



RICHARD B. STEWART, Warren: 



Hawks killing young grouse and rahliits; foxes and wildcats 

 leave nothing but the feathers. 



W. P. H^INTER, Warren: 

 Hen hawks and fish hawks destroying game, poultry, etc. 



T. J. H. IRWIN, Warren: 

 Poultry by owls and hawks. 



E. D. EVERTS. Corydon: 



Last fall I shot two fish hawks in the act of taking fish. I 

 also shot about twelve kingfishers. 



WASHINGTON COUNTY. 



NORWOOD JOHNSTON, Canonsburg: 



To see a hawk In this county is a sure sign that there is u 

 covey of quail in the vicinity. 



(.'HARLES n. McILVAINE, Monongahela: 



Fox, hawk and owl are very destructive to quail, pheasant 

 and rabbit. I have found feathers and tracks, and observed 

 where large numbers of quail had been destroyed. The salt 

 and sulphur water from mines hurt the fish. 



J. T. PARKINSON, Sparta: 



I believe the telephone and telegraph wir»s destroy more 

 song birds than any other cause. 



GEORGE MONTGOMERY, Washington: 



The oil industry has been the cause of killing most of our 

 fish in this section. 



