APPENDIX 



THE EXTERMINATION OF AMERICAN BIRDS BY MANKIND 



The birds in the appended list were once numer- 

 ous, either over the entire United States or in the 

 more local regions which were their native habitat. 

 Shortly after the arrival of the white man in 

 America their extermination began, and this has 

 been followed by total extinction for some species, 

 complete extirpation from the North American 

 continent for several, and the eradication from 

 many States, where once they abounded, for many 

 others. 



Not included in the list are about ten or a dozen 

 shorebirds, several species of heron, and a num- 

 ber of song-birds, which, while not wholly extir- 

 pated from any one particular region, are now 

 universally rare. No birds except those which 

 have definitely suffered at the hands of man are 

 to be found on the list : 



PASSENGER PIGEON 



Once inhabited about forty States ; now extinct. 

 CAROLINA PARRAKEET 



Inhabited about thirty States ; now extinct. 



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