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- ^ 52% 



birds, woodpeckers, New Hampshire.. 32% 



swallows and martins, Vermont so% 



goatsuckers, and some Massachusetts ...27% 



_ _. Rhode Island.... 60% 



other birds. Many Connecticut 75% 



species have been lo- New York 48% 



cally exterminated. New Jersey 37% 



The farmer's beSt Pennsylvania.... 51% 



p . , ,, ill', Ohi 38 % 



friend, the bob-white, Indiana 6Q% 



has been nearly exter- mincis ss% 



minated throughout Michigan 23% 



,1 Wisconsin 40% 



many northern states, 

 by wicked and foolish 



Missouri 36% 



persecution with the Nebr aska 10% 



shotgun. Many states North Dakota.... ss% 



are anxious to buy ^-'Columbia. 33% 



quail, or breed quail, South Carolina... 32% 



.-,,., -, Georgia 65% 



with which to restock m 



Florida 77% 



their depleted covers, Mississippi 37% 



and repair their wicked Louisiana 55% 



blunders, but the sup- Arkansas 50% 



-. , . , . -,! Texas 67% 



ply desired is totally 



Indian Territory.75% 



wanting. Southern Montana 75% 



quail are unable to Colorado 28% 



survive in the North, Idaho 



... Average of above. 46% 



and no northern quail 



DECREASE IN BIRD LIFE IN THIRTY 



are obtainable. STATES. 



