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cited. These records would have beeu much more 

 valuable had such instructive data been addt'd, and, 1 

 am quite confident the.v would have proven that the 

 culprits, in the vast majority of cases, were one or the 

 other of the following species: 



Sharp-shinned Hawk, Pigeon Hawk, 



Cooper's Hawk, Great Horned Owl. 



Goshawk, IJarred Owl. 



IJuck Hawk, 



The failure to particularize the birds of prey by 

 their common names, is due, in many instances, to a, 

 lack of proper information concerning these grievously 

 persecuted birds. As there can be little doubt on 

 this score it certainly is high time that the State of 

 Pennsylvania, if prompted by no other reason than 

 that of economy, should give wide circulation to this 

 and other popular reports dealing in a plain way; 

 with the economic relations of our wild animals, many 

 of which are rapidly disappearing as civilization ad- 

 vances. 



For many years the people of the Keystone Com- 

 monwealth gave no attention whatever to the forestry 

 (juestion and the result has been the loss of millions of 

 dollars. However, in the last five or six years the 

 gieat importance of this much neglected subject, 

 through the indefatigable efforts of our able and etti 

 cient Commissioner of Forestry, Dr. Jos. T. Rothrock. 

 the members o-f the Pennsylvania State Forestry 

 Association, assisted by the wise approvals of Govern- 

 ors, Robert E. Pattison and Daniel H. Hastings, has 

 become apparent and a strong public sentiment in be- 

 half of forest restoration and protection is the result. 



In this connection it should be stated that the For- 

 estry legislation gained up to this point is merely pre- 

 paratory to the work proper. Tt provides the basis 



