THE BIRD SUPPLY 

 too provident to exterminate any species of bird or 

 animal. The Great Auk was last seen in America 

 between 1830 and 1840, and the final individual, 

 so far as there is any positive record, was killed off 



The Great Auk, Another Extinct Bird 



Iceland in 1841. About eighty specimens of this 

 bird, and seventy eggs, are preserved in the Natural 

 History collections of the world. 



The Trumpeter Swan and the Whooping Crane 

 are nearly extinct to-day. Constant shooting and 

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