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paid out $1,300.00, and of this amount fully $1,000.00 has been paid for hawks and 

 owls, mostly hawks ; have not paid for more than 10 or 12 foxes." 



McKean.ll wild cats ; 137 foxes ; 115 minks ; 120 hawks ; 81 owls ; 22 weasels. 



Montgomery. 42 hawks ; 8 foxes ; 3 owls. 



Pike. 32 hawks ; 4 owls ; 63 foxes ; 9 weasels ; 14 minks ; 4 wild cats. 



Perry. 465 hawks; owls, 62; foxes, 453; 130 minks; 52 weasels. Killed during 

 1885 (December) and to date, July 6, 1886." 



Somerset. 14 wild cats ; 69 owls ; 410 hawks ; 250 weasels ; 215 minks ; 270 foxes. 

 Magistrates' fees, $129.75. 



Sullivan. 46 hawks and owls ; 49 foxes. 



Susquehanna.In 1885, 19 foxes ; 4 minks ; 5 weasels ; 2 hawks ; 4 owls. January 1 

 to July 5, 1886, foxes, 217 ; minks, 171 ; weasels, 83 ; hawks, 223 ; owls, 55. 



Union. Hawks, $43.40; owls, $12.60; minks, $21.00 ; weasels, $11.60; fees included. 



Venango. 126 hawks ; 28 owls ; 102 foxes. 



In connection with the above I give the additional facts. Centre county for the 

 year 1886 paid $1,529.00 as follows: 1,356 skunks at 50 cents; 377 foxes; 383 hawks; 

 172 weasels ; 57 owls ; 13 wild cats ; 712 scalp affidavits at 20 cents. From the large 

 number of skunks returned it would appear that this county has a "special act," 

 which allows bounty for these animals. Delaware county, on December 22, 1886, 

 had paid bounty on 3 foxes ; 22 hawks and 1 weasel. Perry county for 1886 paid 

 for foxes, minks, weasels and wild cats $468.85, and for hawks and owls $760.60. 

 Chester county for 1886 ,paid $1,159.30 for 827 hawks, 108 owls, 231 minks, 334 weasels, 

 111 foxes and $288.30 for affidavits. The largest amount of bounty was paid by 

 Crawford county, which was forced to make an outlay of over ten thousand dollars, 

 a large portion of which was for hawks and owls. In conclusion I might add that 

 by the enforcement of this unjust legislative act the county treasuries, in a period 

 of about eighteen months, were depleted to the extent of over $100,000, of which 

 sum, probably, not less than $75,000 were paid for the destruction of hawks and owls. 

 Agriculturists, naturalists and others engaged in the protection of these birds are 

 under great obligations to the able chairman of the Senate Agricultural Committee, 

 Hon. A. D. Harlan, of Chester county, Pa, Senator Harlan, after being in receipt 

 of numerous resolutions passed by farmers' clubs, institutes and grange organiza- 

 tions throughout this commonwealth, when waited upon by members of the State 

 Agricultural Board and a committee of naturalists, and being convinced that the 

 preservation of raptorial birds was of utility to the farmer as well as gratifying to 

 the scientist, at once gave his careful attention to the matter, and by his earnest- 

 ness and industry in his committee and of the body of which he is a member, did 

 very much to secure the repeal of this pernicious statute. 



