Photo by Stanley Clisby Arthur. Courtesy of the Conservation Commission of Louisiana 
ONE OF THE LAST OF ITIS RACE 
_ The millinery trade has almost caused the trumpeter swan to join the passenger-pigeon 
in oblivion. A male bird of this rare species visited the Louisiana State Game Preserve the 
winter of 1914-1915 and it is hoped this sanctuary will attract others. 
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