An early number of Science will contain a series 

 of articles on the DESTRUCTION OF OUR NATIVE BIRDS 



for the purpose of procuring their skins for the use of 

 milliners, which has now grown to be a serious ill. 

 The series will open with an article on the present 

 wholesale destruction of bird-life in the United States. 

 This will be followed by other articles giving statistics 

 of the trade in bird-skins, an account of bird destruc- 

 tion on Long Island, the destruction of eggs of birds 

 for food, the utility of birds, and the series will close 

 with a history of the legislation for bird protection and 

 with suggestions for possible improvements in bird laws. 



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 full sets of the volumes (six) of SCIENCE. Address 



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