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 CHAPTER XXXVII 



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ORDER OF WINGLESS LAND BIRDS . . . RATITAE 276 



CHAPTER XXXVIII 



THE SLAUGHTER OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS ... 281 



THE WAR OF EXTERMINATION 281 



THE EXTERMINATORS AND THEIR METHODS 290 



THE REGULAR ARMY OF DESTRUCTION 291 



MARKET-HUNTING 294 



THE DIVISION OF MEAT-SHOOTERS 297 



THE ILLEGAL SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS 300 



BIRD-SLAUGHTER FOR THE MILLINERY TRADE 302 



UNSEEN FOES OF WILD LIFE 304 



