DECREASE IN BIRD LIFE IN THIRTY STATES 241 



by negroes and poor whites in the South, has caused an enor- 

 mous numerical decrease in our best-beloved and most valu- 

 able insect-eating song- 

 birds, woodpeckers, 

 swallows and martins, 

 goatsuckers, and some 

 other birds. Many 

 species have been lo- 

 cally exterminated. 



The farmer's best 

 friend, the bob-white, 

 has been nearly exter- 

 minated throughout 

 many northern states, 

 by wicked and foolish 

 persecution with the 



sllOtgim. Many States North Dakota.... 58% 



are anxious to buy Dist - of Columbia - 33% 

 quail, or breed quail, 

 with which to restock 

 their depicted covers, 

 and repair their wicked 

 blunders, but the sup- 

 ply desired is totally 

 wanting. Southern 

 quail are unable to 

 survive in the North, 

 and no northern quail 

 arc obtainable. 



Maine 52% 



New Hampshire. .32% 



Vermont 30% 



Massachusetts — 27% 



Rhode Island C0% 



Connecticut 75% 



New York 48% 



New Jersey 37% 



Pennsylvania. 51% 



Ohio 38% 



Indiana C0% 



Illinois 3S% 



Michigan 23% 



Wisconsin 40% 



Iowa 37% 



Missouri 3G% 



Nebraska 10% 



South Carolina... 32% 



Georgia 05% 



Florida 77% 



Mississippi 37% 



Louisiana 55% 



Arkansas 50% 



Texas 67% 



Indian Territory. 75% 



Montana 75% 



Colorado 28% 



Idaho 40% 



Average of above. 40% 



DECREASE IN BIRD LIFE IN THIRTY 

 STATES. 



