2 OUR NATIVE BIRDS 
a decrease of bird life varying from 10 per cent in 
Nebraska to 77 per cent in Florida, namely : — 
Arkansas, 50 per cent Mississippi, 37 per cent 
District of Columbia, 33 “ Missouri, 86 « 
Colorado, is a Montana, 79 a 
Connecticut, Lae He Oe New Hampshire, 382 “ « 
Florida, Tie EE New Jersey, ot ee 
Georgia, 65 “«  « New York, 48 “ «& 
Idaho, 40 “« « Nebraska, 10“ « 
Tllinois, Bo. OG North Dakota, 58. #6 se 
Indiana, 60 “« « Ohio, 38 
Indian Territory, (OE SE Pennsylvania, DL te 
Towa, Oe eee TE Rhode Island, 60 “« « 
Louisiana, 55 South Carolina, oo 
Maine, D2 es 6 Texas, G7 5.2 
Massachusetts, OT Se OG Vermont, 30 “« 
Michigan, 2 a Wisconsin, 40 “« « 
These states and territories comprise about three- 
fifths of the whole United States, and this vast area 
shows an average decrease of 46 per cent. 
The states of North Carolina, Oregon, and California 
reported that there were as many birds as fifteen years 
ago. 
Four states — Kansas, Wyoming, Utah, and Wash- 
ington — reported that bird life was increasing. 
It is to be regretted that Minnesota, South Dakota, 
Arizona, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ala- 
bama, Nevada, Delaware, Maryland, and the Dominion 
of Canada were not included in this report. 
The questions sent out refer to game birds as well as 
to song birds. A large decrease in aquatic birds is to 
be expected and cannot be prevented when a new 
