32 Nature threatened 
Britain ; but a veritable war of exter- 
mination has been waged upon this 
interesting swimming bird, which nests 
at the top of high trees. At Stegen, 
near Danzig, in the year 1862, in one 
day, 61 birds were killed by sportsmen. 
In another seaport town, an ornitho- 
logical society, which should aim at 
the protection of birds, demolished 
the last nest of the cormorant near 
the town, by the aid of a fireman ! 
At present, in all Germany, only one 
breeding-place of the bird is known. 
Further, the reindeer {Cervus taran- 
dus), now confined chiefly to Spitz- 
bergen. Nova Zembla, Greenland, and 
Siberia, is wantonly destroyed in the 
name of sport. In 1891-92, a well- 
known personage of high position, ac- 
companied by ladies and gentlemen, 
travelled in Spitzbergen. In the Kol- 
bay and Adventbay, more than 60 
head were killed in three days : a few 
