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" 7. Excepting in a few localities, existing measures 

 for the protection of birds, as they are carried into effect, 

 are notoriously inadequate for the maintenance of a 

 proper balance of bird life. 



" 8. Destructive agencies are constantly on the 

 increase. 



" 9. Under present conditions, and excepting in a few 

 localities, the practical annihilation of all our birds, 

 except the smallest species, and within a comparatively 

 short period, may be regarded as absolutely certain to 

 occur. 1 



" 10. If the present war of extermination is to be term- 

 inated, drastic measures must be adopted and resolutely 

 carried out ; and the crusade for protection must be 

 general. No half-way measures will suffice ; and it is 

 to be expected that some of the destroyers will be 

 displeased. 



"Recommendations Regarding Birds. While at first 

 thought it may seem impossible to propose a series of 

 universal laws for bird protection that can save our 

 bird fauna from annihilation, even if adopted by the 

 different states, we believe it will be found on close 

 examination that the task is not nearly so difficult as it 

 seems. The difficulty lies, not in the framing of com- 

 prehensive measures, but in securing their adoption in 

 the various groups of states wherein they are needed. 

 The business of securing the enactment of legislation 



1 The protection of migratory birds must be general in order to be 

 effective. New Orleans should not rob Cheyenne of the fruit of her 

 labors in the field for protection. 



