Nov. 3, 1906.] 
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685 
THE BALD EAGLE. 
Concluded from page 694. 
and where the domesticated animals are easy of 
access; but the total amount of this damage is, 
comparatively speaking, not great. The bald 
eagle is, moreover, almost everywhere some- 
' what of a scavenger, a trait that should be set 
down to its credit. 
All things considered, the bald eagle is rather 
more beneficial than otherwise, since much of 
its food is of little or no direct economic value, 
while the good it does more than compensates 
for its obnoxious deeds; and furthermore, it 
seems not likely ever to become abundant 
enough in any locality to be seriously de¬ 
structive. 
Destruction by Nan. 
By reason of its size, strength, power of 
flight, its manner and place of living, this eagle 
has no formidable enemies except man. In 
some localities, as for instance parts of Cali¬ 
fornia and Ohio, it is held in high regard by 
the people on account of its beneficial or inter¬ 
esting habits; but in most places it is the victim 
of the all-too common impulse to kill or of an 
exaggerated estimate of its destructiveness. It 
has been much reduced in numbers along the 
Niagara river below the falls by hunters aware 
of its habit of resorting there for food. 
Mr. James H. Gaut, while in the field for the 
Biological Survey, reported from the Wichita 
Mountains, Oklahoma, under date of May 28, 
1901, that a few years previous this species was 
quite numerous in that locality, but at the time 
of his visit almost extinct as a result of per¬ 
sistent persecution by the Indians, who prize 
the tail feathers for decorating their war bon¬ 
nets. The two largest feathers of the tail 
bring a dollar each, while the others are sold 
for fifty cents apiece. 
In most of the states of the Union and in 
many of the Canadian provinces the bald eagle 
is protected by law, either specifically or by 
general enactment, but in a few it is still spe¬ 
cially exempted Jrom the provisions of the general 
non-game protection acts. For many reasons, 
patriotic, esthetic and economic, this fine eagle 
is worthy of preservation, and not only should 
it everywhere be protected by legislation, but 
public sentiment ought to be aroused in its 
favor that it be not exterminated from our 
domain. 
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