BIRDS OF NORTH CAROLINA 



view of the rapid decrease of our game birds and game animals, we would further 

 advocate most earnestly the absolute prohibition of the sale of all wild game, which 

 act would be in conformity with the action already taken in the greater number of 

 the States in the Union. Unless advancement is made along these lines, it is plain 

 to any intelligent observer that North Carolina is doomed to suffer an irreparable 

 loss in the diminution of wild life, which is one of its chief natural resources. 



Another purpose of the present volume is, therefore, to create a sentiment for 



carrying out the measures suggested above. 



JOSEPH HYDE PRATT, 



State Geologist. 



