12 OUR NATIVE BIKDS 



of these various causes in answer to the third question 



in the list. 



1. Sportsmen and " so-called sportsmen," . . 54 reports 



2. Boys who shoot, 42 " 



3. Market-hunters and " pot-hunters," ... 26 " 



4. Plume-hunters and milliners' hunters, . . 32 " 



5. " Shooters generally," 21 " 



6. Egg-collecting, chiefly by small boys, . . 20 " 



7. English sparrow, 18 " 



8. Clearing off timber, development of towns and 



cities, 31 " 



9. Italians and others, who devour song birds, . 12 " 



10. Cheap firearms, ...... 5 " 



11. Drainage of marshes, 5 " 



12. Non-enforcement of laws, 5 " 



13. Gun clubs and hunting contests ... 5 " 



14. Trapping birds for sale alive, .... 2 " 



15. Prospectors, miners, and range-riders, . . 2 " 



16. Collectors (ornithologists and taxidermists), . 5 " 



17. Colored population, ...... 4 " 



18. Indians (for decrease of game quadrupeds), . 4 " 



