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of these various causes in answer to the third question 
in the list. 
1. Sportsmen and “so-called sportsmen,” . 54 reports 
2. Boys who shoot, : : A é ‘ 42 « 
3. Market-hunters and “ pot- chambers : . ; 26 « 
4, Plume-hunters and milliners’ hunters, . ; 32. 
5. “Shooters generally,” . . : 21,. 
6. Egg-collecting, chiefly by spiel ise . . 201) “88 
7. English sparrow, : 18 
8. Clearing off timber, dedopmant of 46g aaa 
cities, 3 ee 
9. Italians and ation 8, iid denous sone finds, 1 ‘ 
10. Cheap firearms, 
11. Drainage of marshes, 
12. Non-enforcement of laws, . 
13. Gun clubs and hunting contests 
14. Trapping birds for sale alive, 
15. Prospectors, miners, and range-riders, 
16. Collectors (ornithologists and taxidermists), 
17. Colored population, . 
18. Indians (for decrease of game gnadvepeds), 
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