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by negroes and poor whites in the South, has caused an enor- 
mous numerical decrease 
able insect-eating song- 
birds, woodpeckers, 
swallows and martins, 
goatsuckers, and some 
other birds. Many 
species have been lo- 
cally exterminated. 
The farmer’s best 
friend, the bob-white, 
has been nearly exter- 
minated throughout 
many northern states, 
by wicked and foolish 
persecution with the 
shotgun. Many states 
are anxious to buy 
quail, or breed quail, 
with which to restock 
their depleted covers, 
and repair their wicked 
blunders, but the sup- 
ply desired is totally 
wanting. Southern 
quail are unable to 
survive in the North, 
and no northern quail 
are obtainable. 
in our best-beloved and most valu- 
Maine ssaccaxcscx 52% 
New Hampshire. .32% 
Vermont......... 30% 
Massachusetts -..27% 
Rhode Island....60% 
Connecticut...... 75% 
New York.......- 48% 
New Jersey....... 37% 
Pennsylvania ....51% 
OOS a mcdeaccsar 38% 
Indiana........-. 60% 
Illinois........... 38% 
Michigan ........ 23% 
Wisconsin ....... 40% 
lowaisssescecscen 37% 
Missouri ...-...-- 36% 
Nebraska ......-- 10% 
North Dakota....58% 
Dist. of Columbia .33% 
South Carolina. ..32% 
Georgia........-- 65% 
Blorida.o.c<uenees 77% 
Mississippi...-...- 37% 
Louisiana........ 55% 
Arkansas ........ 50% 
Texas. .cc.c..0c0 67% 
Indian Territory.75% 
Montana......... 75% 
Colorado......... 28% 
Idahos.scescezsex 40% 
Average of above.46% 
DECREASE IN 
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BIRD LIFE IN THIRTY 
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