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Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation

Chapter 418: [Page 409]
By William T. Hornaday
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Aimed at sounding an urgent alarm about widespread wildlife loss, the author documents the rapid decline and near-extermination of many regional birds, mammals, and fishes, blaming unregulated shooting, commercial plume and fur trades, habitat destruction, and inadequate laws. He supports these claims with statistics, case studies, maps, and photographs that highlight failures of existing protections and the influence of hunting interests on legislation. The work combines vivid accounts of depletion with practical prescriptions—stronger statutes, reserves and wardens, enforcement, and public education—framed as civic duties to preserve remaining wild life for future generations.



  1. Quagga, extinct, 35
  2. Quail, 89, 90
    1. food habits of, 219
    2. portrait of, 221
    3. protection recognized by, 316
    4. failures in restocking with, 328
    5. California Valley, very scarce, 47
    6. Egyptian, 69
    7. feeding, 89
    8. introduced, 329
    9. killed in 1909-10 in Louisiana, 5
    10. killed by cats, 74
  3. Quebec, 45, 157, 158, 354
  4. Quetico Forest Reserve, 352


  1. Rabbit plague, 85, 331
  2. Rabbits, 53
    1. killed in Louisiana, 5
    2. introduced on Laysan Island, 142
  3. Rangoon, pheasant plumage seized in, 198
  4. Ranier National Park, 343
  5. Rainey, Paul J., 177
  6. Rats and mice destroyed by owls, 224
  7. Reasons against sale of game, 310
  8. Recreation Magazine, 109, 263, 318
  9. Refuges, National bird, 345
  10. Red deer,
    1. introduced in New Zealand, 327
    2. of Europe, 372
  11. Reed, Elizabeth A., 219
  12. Remington Arms Co., 144, 146
  13. Renshaw, Graham, 35
  14. Republican, Springfield, 263
  15. Resident game-butchers, 69, 70
  16. Rhea being exterminated, 119
  17. Rhinoceros,
    1. great Indian, 189
    2. white, 186
  18. Rhodesian fauna, 186
  19. Rhode Island, 45, 50, 59
    1. new laws needed in, 295
  20. Rhytina, extinction of, 36
  21. Rice, Jr., James H., 45
  22. Riding Mountain Game Preserve, 354
  23. Rifles in hands of boys, 376
  24. Rinderpest in Africa, 83
  25. Roberts. Mrs. Mary G., of Tasmania, 38
  26. Robin slaughter,
    1. in Pittsboro, N.C., 222
    2. by Italians, 102
    3. by negroes, 105
    4. in eight southern states, 105
    5. in Texas, 106
    6. in Tennessee, 107
    7. in Louisiana, 108
  27. Robins,
    1. food of, 109
    2. killed by cats, 75, 76, 81
  28. Robinson, Arthur, on automatic guns, 152
  29. Roccolo, Italian, for catching birds, 95, 97
  30. Rochester Academy of Sciences, 391
  31. Rocky Mountain Park, 352
  32. Rod and Gun in Canada, 66, 263, 374
  33. Rod and Gun Club of Sheridan, Wyoming, 385
  34. Rogers, Josiah, 340
  35. Roosevelt, Kermit, 186
  36. Roosevelt, Theodore, 142, 249, 341
  37. Rose, John J., 102
  38. Rothschild, Walter, 14, 17, 137
  39. Rubber culture and wild life, 192, 201
  40. Ruffed Grouse, 65, 317
  41. Rush, Frank, 342


  1. Sage Grouse in California, 47
  2. Sage, Mrs. Russell, gifts by, to cause of bird protection, 395
  3. Sale of game,
    1. plague spots for, 279
    2. proposed for California, 361
    3. suppress, the, 306, 312
  4. Salt Lake, mortality in ducks on, 87
  5. Sambar deer, 372
  6. Sanctuaries, demand for forest reserve, 267
  7. Sanctuaries in India, 190
  8. Sandhill Crane nearly extinct in Alberta, 51
  9. Sandpipers, 229, 230
    1. killed for food, 68
    2. Bartramian, 20
    3. pectoral, 18
    4. red-breasted, 18, 31
  10. Sandwichmen employed in London, 128
  11. Sanford, L.C., 20
  12. Saskatchewan, 45, 165
  13. Sauter, Frederick, 84
  14. Scab in Mountain Sheep, 83
  15. "Scatter" rifle for ducks, 60, 153
  16. Schlemmer, Max, 137
  17. Sconce, Harvev J., 47
  18. Scott, Thomas H., 340
  19. Sea-lion accepts protection, 317
  20. Seal,
    1. California Elephant, 40
    2. West Indian, in New York Aquarium, 39
  21. Sea otter, 52
  22. Seaman, Frank, phoebe birds of, 317
  23. Sentiment in preservation of game, 244
  24. Sequoia Park, 344
  25. Seton, Ernest T., 19, 85
    1. map of elk by, 163, 165
  26. Sharp-shinned hawk, 225
  27. Shea plumage bill, 291
  28. Sheep,
    1. big-horn, 71
      1. next species to become extinct, 161
      2. killed by pumas, 78
      3. in Colorado, 272
      4. present status of, 161
      5. in Lower California, 162, 169
      6. in Glacier Park, 340
    2. domestic, 273
      1. curse of cattle and game, 335
      2. opposition from owners of, 348
  29. Sheep-herders of Wyoming, 50
  30. Sheep, black, lumpy-jaw in, 83, 84
  31. Sheep owners exterminating Thylacine, 38
  32. Shields, G.O., 58, 351
    1. protects birds of New York City, 101
  33. Shield's Magazine, 263
  34. Shikar Club of London, 384
  35. Shiras, 3rd, George, 306
  36. Shikaree, new status of native, 188
  37. Shooting game in preserves, 358, 359
  38. Shore birds,
    1. becoming extinct, in
      1. Montana, 49
      2. Kansas, 48
      3. Massachusetts, 48
      4. Michigan, 49
      5. New York, 49
      6. North Dakota, 50
      7. South Carolina, 50
      8. Texas, 50
      9. Wisconsin, 51
    2. general status of, 227
    3. killed in Louisiana, 5
    4. disappearing, 30
  39. Shore, W.B., on elk shipments, 166
  40. Shrike, 80
  41. Skunk as bird destroyer, 78
  42. Slaughter-grounds for wild fowl, 64
  43. Slaughter,
    1. of wild fowl in North Carolina, 311
    2. of non-game birds in North Carolina, 292
    3. in Tennessee, 296
    4. of deer in Montana, 287
    5. in Louisiana, 5
    6. of geese in California, 148
    7. of band-tailed pigeons, 22, 273
    8. of protected chamois, 321
    9. of song birds in New York City, 101
    10. of starving elk, 90
  44. Sloanaker, J.L., on pinnated grouse, 47
  45. Smith, Charles L., 317
  46. Smith, Lee H., 390
  47. Smyth, C. H., 43, 48
  48. Snakes as bird destroyers, 81
  49. Snares for pheasants, 197
  50. Snipe, Jack, portrait of, 230
  51. Snow Creek
    1. antelope preserve, 2
    2. game preserve, 348
  52. Society,
    1. Audubon, National, see Audubon
    2. Royal, for the Protection of Wild Birds, 127, 128, 135, 143
    3. N.Y. Zoological, see Zoological Society
  53. South America, 169
  54. South Carolina, 45, 50, 105, 106
    1. deer killed in, 172
    2. almost hopeless condition of, 296
    3. private preserves in, 360
  55. South Dakota, 45, 50, 59
    1. few laws needed by, 296
  56. Sparrow pest, 334
  57. Sparrows consume weed-seeds, 223
  58. Spoonbill, Roseate, 20
  59. Sportsman,
    1. case of a, 57
    2. character of true, 54, 58, 64
    3. definition of a, 382
  60. Sportsman's Platform, 384
  61. Sportsman's Review, 363
  62. Sports Afield, 263
  63. Sprague, John F., 48
  64. Spruce Woods Game Preserve, 354
  65. Squirrel,
    1. fox, extinct in New York, 44
    2. gray, in danger, 32
    3. red, as bird destroyer, 79
  66. Squirrels killed in Louisiana, 5
  67. Standard-Union, Brooklyn, 263
  68. Stanford, Harry P., 49
    1. on deer slaughter, 287
  69. Staley, Walter C., 50
  70. Star, Washington, 263
  71. States, a roll-call of the, 263
  72. State game preserves, 345
    1. New York, 347
    2. Pennsylvania, 347
  73. Stratton, James W., 50
  74. Stebbing, E.P., 190, 196
  75. Stephan, S.A., agent for Carl Hagenbeck, 372
  76. Stevens Arms Co., 144, 146
  77. Stevenson-Hamilton, Maj. J., of the Transvaal, 177, 248
    1. status of the settlers, 365
    2. on Sportsman's Platform, 385
  78. Stilt, 230
  79. Stokes fund, Caroline Phelps, 395
  80. Stone, Witmer, 45, 50, 391
  81. St. Vincent Island game preserve, 360
  82. Sully Hills National Park, 344
  83. Sunday gun, 153
  84. Sunken Lands of Arkansas, 271
  85. Sun, New York, 263
  86. Superior National Game Preserve, 341
  87. Supreme Court decision, 3
  88. Swan, Trumpeter, 19
  89. Swans swept over Niagara Falls, 93
  90. Swallows, as insect destroyers, 216, 218
  91. Switzerland, chamois slaughter in, 322


  1. Tagging game for sale, 370
  2. Taming wild birds and mammals, 314
  3. Taylor, W.P., 47
  4. Taylor, W.J., 374
  5. Teachers, duty of, 377
  6. Teaching wild life protection to the young, 376
  7. Telegraph wires, birds killed by, 77
  8. Tener, Governor, at Carrick, Pa., 380
  9. Tennessee, 45, 105, 106, 107, 252
    1. a reformation needed in, 296
    2. Game Commissioner of, 252
  10. Tern, Common, 113
  11. Terns and Gulls saved by Audubon people, 320
  12. Terns
    1. becoming extinct
      1. in Delaware, 47
      2. in North Carolina, 50
  13. Teton Game Preserve, 348
  14. Texas, 45, 50, 105, 106
    1. insects destroyed by birds, 216
    2. laws needed in, 297
  15. Text-books, 377
    1. duty of writers of, 378
  16. Thayer John E., 24, 395
  17. Thome, Samuel, 395
  18. Thylacine of Australia disappearing, 38
  19. Tibet, 190
  20. Tilcomb, John W., 51, 240, 242
  21. Timber in National forests not to be cut, 338
  22. Times, New York, 263
  23. Tinkham, H.W., 231
  24. Tobacco pest, 212
  25. Tomalin, Richard W., 233
  26. Tortoises, 17
  27. Toucan, toco, being exterminated, 118
  28. Toumay, James W., 392
  29. Towne, S.G., 49
  30. Townsend, C.V.R., 371
  31. Townsend, Charles C., on protected ducks, 318
  32. Townsend, C.H., elephant seals taken by, 40
  33. Tragopans, 196
  34. Trapper uses game for bait, in Wyoming, 72
  35. Trappers as game destroyers, 196
  36. Trapping grizzly bears strongly opposed, 177
  37. Traps on Burma-Chinese border, 198
  38. Treaty, international, for protecting migratory birds, 354
  39. Triangle Islands, seals on, 39
  40. Tribune, New York, 263
  41. Trogon being exterminated, 118
  42. Trophies, purchase and sale of, 383
  43. Trout caught near Spokane, 205
  44. Trouvelot, Leopold, introducer of gypsy moth, 331
  45. Truck crops, 212
  46. Tuna Club, angling ethics of, 144
  47. Turkey vulture
    1. incident on Long Island, 91
    2. eaten by Italians, 101
  48. Turkey, Wild, in
    1. South Carolina, 50
    2. Texas, 50
    3. Missouri, 49
  49. Turner, J.P., 52
  50. Turtle Mountain Game Preserve, 354