*Uture of Star to ask* loon Mgranta. 
She great changes that have boat* Vlfeough t la the vast prairies 
of the tos%> crate portion of the southern continent with their effect 
oa tho faum^have been outlined la preceding .pages* it r mains to 
consider briefly what the future rasy bring* irersoaaliy 1 oonsidor the 
outio<K for 80£i» of our bird* as decidedly gloomy* She p u pMi end the 
Cmeo tafcaa as a whole or© fertile regions that arc capable of support-* 
lag many tlacu their present human population* At present the Majority 
of this lam is held in large estates which arc duo to be broken up la¬ 
te atolls* holdings* 52h» oliEute of this area Is salubrious ana the 
soil rich* *\ttrtfowraare. South User Isa is the only one of the continents 
that escapes direct taxation to defray the cost of the great war, facts all 
tending to well the present a treats of immigrants that is pouring into 
the region under discuss!on* ?ho effect upon the avifauna is certain* 
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Stose tm species of our migrant birds that are restricted In their 
win tar range to the pampas arc certain to suffer diminution* 21® Ba&imo 
Curlew now is practically, if not really, satinet* Sh© Bor Iranian Sand¬ 
piper and Buff-breasted Sandpiper cannot hop© to maintain their ptwrnt 
slender numbers ; and I loess for decrease in the oaeo of toe (Jolucm flovee# 
Small species such aa the Sander ling that inhabits mainly toe coastal 
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region# gg| $hi to-roapod $««i4piper that r*ac A f<wtnd on and flats will be 
little affected* Bor will too change be felt noticeably by the (hrcater 
and lesser Tcllowlega ,spades* that have a mat distribution rhea absent 
from their breed li« pounds, fee Bobolink that winters la too Stooo 
my be seriously reduced-* It Is a species that gathers in flooao *fe«*e 
food is abaafl?antand has been the cease of serious ooi%ilaint in rice 
fields* It may prove to be injur loos to mm of toe grains that will 
