GAME PROTECTION 137 



Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) . . . .30 reports. 

 Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) . . . .20 reports. 

 Pinnated Grouse; Prairie Hen (Tympanuchus ameri- 



canus) 13 reports. 



Heath Hen ( Tympanuchus cupido) .... 1 report. 

 Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) . . .35 reports. 



Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 15 reports. 



Carolina Paroquet (Conurus carolinensis) ... 5 reports. 



Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 5 reports. 



Flamingo (Phcenicopterus ruber) . . . . .1 report. 



Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja) 3 reports. 



White Heron (Ardea candidissimd) . . . .10 reports. 

 Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) . 4 reports. 

 Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophlceus pileatus) . . 4 reports. 



California Vulture (Pseudogryphus californianus) . 1 report. 



" From a much, larger number of birds and mammals 

 than are included in the above lists, these have been 

 selected because there is good reason to believe that, 

 under present conditions, they are all certain to become 

 practically extinct throughout the whole United States 

 within a few years. For the majority of the above, 

 total extinction which means the death of the last 

 individual of a species or race probably is far away. 

 The qualified term, practical extinction, now destined 

 to come into very general use, may properly be applied 

 to any species which has become so rare in a state of 

 nature that it is an impossibility to discover living 

 representatives by seeking for them. The larger and 

 more conspicuous the quadruped or bird, the more 

 quickly it is exterminated. All persons who have 

 any regard for the preservation of the few wild herds 



