CKAWKKKP S i:MU;.\Hirs orTI.AV 



Tlu' I'duiilv ol riawl'oril leads all oihvv foiiiilii's in 

 llio StiiU' ill thf anuiiiiit of imniov i-xpemlcil iiiitliT llic 

 act of ISS.K 'riiis iiHinly imiil. it is saiil. iH-twecii $lt», 

 (lllO ami lifllMUXl in iMuiniirs aiul f.'.'s to local olliiials. 

 Tlio iiicoini>ltic U'conls fioiii Craw foul show that 

 noarlv II.DUO Hawks atul Owls ami ovor U).r)l)tl Minks 

 and Wrasils wcro paid for in abont two voais. Tlio 

 nu'inln'is of lilt' Senato and lliMisc of Kojirosi'ntativos 

 from Crawford lia\i' alwavs. in rorriU voars. vigorously 

 opiuvsod all boiiniy nioasiin's which liavo boon nndor 

 lonsidoraliou in onr Cu'nt'ral Assonibly and ono of the 

 ohiof ariinmonts tho.v nstni was that sm-h It'sjislation, 

 with I ho lack of popular knowledjio of wild birds and 

 nianunals, onabh^l dosiunin^ ju'i-soiis to practice fraud 

 in numori>us ways; Uod Sqninols and (^hipmunks wore 

 killed for Weasels, 14ulcher birds and other feathered 

 animals weri' called Hawks and C^wls, and their heads 

 were often of as nuich value to scalp hunters as the 

 livnuiiic heads, 



riKlO ANl^ I.VCOMIXG COrNTUX^. 



I'ike county is one of the best localities in Tennsyl 

 >ania for iraiue of ditTeivnt kinds, but uufwtiinately 

 this county is infected with a number of market luin 

 ters who are skilled in snariiij; and trappinji jr.uue. 

 Thes»> [waohers, together with Foxes, ^^■ildeats, Miuks, 

 Weasels and Hawks of the jrenus Accipiter, with the 

 (troat Horned Owl, have almost entiivly exterminattHl 

 UutTed tirouse dnrins; ivituit years in st^ne i>jirts of 

 I'ike and nei.uhborini; counties. From lust information 

 whieh can be obtained no efforts wt-re uwide to pnictiee 

 fraud in Pike iH>nnty where under bounty laws since 

 ISS.'i, 1,111? rox»\s (both species). i:^2 Wildcats and lM»7 

 Minks have been killed for premiums. 



