CONTENTS IX 

 CHAPTER XXXVII 



ORDER OF WINGLESS LAND BIRDS . . . RATITAE 276 



CHAPTER XXXVIII 



THE SLAUGHTER OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS ... 281 



The War of Extermination . 281 



The Exterminators and Their Methods 290 



The Regular Army of Destruction 291 



Market-Hunting 294 



The Division of Meat-Shooters ... .... 297 



The Illegal Slaughter of Birds . 300 



Bird-Slauchter for the Millinery Trade .... 302 



Unseen Foes of Wild Life .......... 304 



