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Florence, says: "Negroes do a great deal of harm by 

 shooting and trapping. " 



Mr. M. S. Haynesworth, Florence, writes: "All kinds of 

 birds are indiscriminately slaughtered by negroes just for 

 the fun of it." Mr. F. L. Wilcox, from the same county, 

 reports: "Numbers of Bob-whites are killed in mating 

 season along the roads which are favorite places for wal- 

 lowing, and which the negro travels nearly always with a 

 single barrel gun." Mr. J. F. Bamberg, Bamberg, writes: 

 "Every negro in this section carries a gun in his buggy or 

 wagon." Mr. H. M. Stuart, Beaufort, reports: "The 

 negro carries his cheap gun instead of a walking stick all 

 times of the year. Everything not tame is his game." 



Mr. Karl Dargan, Darlington, says: "Destruction is done 

 by negroes who do not know the value of birds." Mr. J. 

 E. Singletary, Berkeley, writes: "Negroes are very 

 destructive to bird life. " Mr. E. L. Wells, reports from 

 the same county: "The negro is more destructive to bird 

 life, in season and out of season, than all other causes com- 

 bined." Mr. Patrick Wall, Beaufort, reports: "There are 

 negro pot hunters who shoot game of all kinds at all 

 seasons." Mr. Wayne writes: "The greatest enemy is the 

 negro who never passes a nest of this fine bird (Bob- 

 white) without taking the eggs even when they are on the 

 point of hatching."^ 



The killing of Cardinal or Redbird for use as fish bait 

 has come under the writer's observation. Negroes have 

 never been taught the value of birds, neither have they 

 systematically restrained from promiscuously killing them. 



Natural Enemies Introduced by Man 



The most harmful of all natural enemies of bird life are 

 those which have been brought into this country by man. 

 The destruction caused by hawks is not to be compared to 

 that done by cats because the latter are so much more 

 numerous. Fifty-two correspondents report the cat as one 

 of the worst enemies of birds. 



IWayne, A. T, Birds of South Carolina, p. 



