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Part I.—Extermination
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Chapter
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Page
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I.
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Former Abundance Of Wild Life
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1
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II.
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Extinct Species Of North American Birds
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7
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III.
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The Next Candidates For Oblivion
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17
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IV.
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Extinct And Nearly Extinct Species Of Mammals
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34
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V.
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The Extermination Of Species, State By State
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42
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VI.
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The Regular Army Of Destruction
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53
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VII.
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The Guerrillas Of Destruction
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63
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VIII.
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The Unseen Foes Of Wild Life
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73
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IX.
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Destruction Of Wild Life By Diseases
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82
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X.
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Destruction Of Wild Life By The Elements
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88
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XI.
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Slaughter Of Song-Birds By Italians
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94
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XII.
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Destruction Of Song-Birds By Southern Negroes And Poor Whites
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105
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XIII.
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Extermination Of Birds For Women's Hats
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114
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XIV.
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The Bird Tragedy On Laysan Island
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137
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XV.
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Unfair Firearms And Shooting Ethics
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143
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XVI.
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The Present And Future Of North American Big Game—I
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156
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XVII.
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The Present And Future Of North American Big Game—II
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171
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XVIII.
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The Present And Future Of African Game
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181
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XIX.
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The Present And Future Of Game In Asia
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188
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XX.
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Destruction Of Birds In The Far East. By C. William Beebe
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195
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XXI.
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The Savage Viewpoint Of The GunneR
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203
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Part II.—Preservation
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XXII.
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Our Annual Losses By Insects
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208
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XXIII.
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The Economic Value Of Birds
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213
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XXIV.
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Game And Agriculture: Deer As A Food Supply
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234
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XXV.
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Law And Sentiment As Factors In Preservation
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244
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XXVI.
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The Army Of The Defense
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247
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XXVII.
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How To Make A New Game Law
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258
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XXVIII.
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New Laws Needed: A Roll-Call Of The States—I
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265
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XXIX.
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New Laws Needed: A Roll-Call Of The States—II
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275
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XXX.
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New Laws Needed: A Roll-Call Of The States—III
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283
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XXXI.
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New Laws Needed: A Roll-Call Of The States—IV
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292
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XXXII.
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Need For A Federal Migratory Bird Law, No-Sale-Of-Game Law, And Others
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304
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XXXIII.
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Bringing Back The Vanished Birds And Game
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313
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XXXIV.
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Introduced Species That Have Been Beneficial
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324
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XXXV.
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Introduced Species That Have Become Pests
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330
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XXXVI.
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National And State Game Preserves And Bird Refuges
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335
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XXXVII.
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Game Preserves And Game Laws In Canada
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350
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XXXVIII.
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Private Game Preserves
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358
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XXXIX.
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British Game Preserves In Africa
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364
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XXL.
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Breeding Game And Fur In Captivity
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369
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XLI.
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Teaching Wild-Life Protection To The Young
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376
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XLII.
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Ethics Of Sportsmanship
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382
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XLIII.
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The Duty Of American Zoologists To American Wild Life
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386
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XLIV.
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The Greatest Need Of The Cause; And The Duty Of The Hour
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393
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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The Folly of 1857 and the Lesson of 1912
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Frontispiece
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Shall We Leave Any One of Them Open?
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6
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Six Recently Exterminated North American Birds
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9
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Sacred to the Memory of Exterminated Birds
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15
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Whooping Cranes in the Zoological Park
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19
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California Condor
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22
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Primated Grouse, or "Prairie Chicken"
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25
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Sage Grouse
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26
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Snowy Egrets in the McIlhenny Preserve
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27
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Wood-Duck
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29
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Gray Squirrel
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32
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Skeleton of a Rhytina
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36
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Burchell's Zebra
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37
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Thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf
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38
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West Indian Seal
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39
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California Elephant Seal
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40
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The Regular Army of Destruction
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55
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G.O. Shields
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58
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Two Gunners of Kansas City
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61
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Why the Sandhill Crane is Becoming Extinct
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62
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A Market Gunner at Work on Marsh Island
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64
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Ruffed Grouse
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65
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A Lawful Bag of Ruffed Grouse
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66
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Snow Bunting
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68
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A Hunting Cat and Its Victim
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76
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Eastern Red Squirrel
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79
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Cooper's Hawk
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80
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Sharp-Shinned Hawk
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81
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The Cat that Killed Fifty-eight Birds in One Year
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81
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An Italian Roccolo on Lake Como
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95
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Dead Song-Birds
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104
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The Robin of the North
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107
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The Mocking-Bird of the South
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107
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Northern Robins Ready for Southern Slaughter
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108
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Southern-Negro Method of Combing Out the Wild Life
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111
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Beautiful and Curious Birds Destroyed for the Feather Trade—I
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115
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Sixteen Hundred Hummingbirds at Two Cents Each
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116
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Beautiful and Curious Birds Destroyed for the Feather Trade—II
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118
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Beautiful and Curious Birds—III
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123
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Fight in England Against the Use of Plumage
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128
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Young Egrets, Unable to Fly, Starving
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132
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Snowy Egret Dead on Her Nest
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132
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Miscellaneous Bird Skins, Eight Cents Each
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135
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Laysan Albatrosses, Before the Great Slaughter
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138
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Laysan Albatross Rookery, After the Great Slaughter
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139
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Acres of Gull and Albatross Bones
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140
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Shed Filled with Wings of Slaughtered Birds
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141
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Four of the Seven Machine Guns
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144
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The Champion Game-Slaughter Case
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147
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Slaughtered According to Law
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149
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A Letter that Tells its Own Story
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151
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The "Sunday Gun"
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154
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The Prong-Horned Antelope
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160
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Hungry Elk in Jackson Hole
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168
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The Wichita National Bison Herd
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179
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Pheasant Snares
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197
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Pheasant Skins Seized at Rangoon
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198
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Deadfall Traps in Burma
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199
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One Morning's Catch of Trout near Spokane
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205
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The Cut-Worm
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209
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The Gypsy Moth
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211
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Downy Woodpecker
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214
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Baltimore Oriole
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217
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Nighthawk
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218
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Purple Martin
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219
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Bob-White
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221
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Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
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223
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Barn Owl
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225
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Golden-Winged Woodpecker
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227
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Kildeer Plover
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230
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Jacksnipe
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230
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A Food Supply of White-Tailed Deer
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235
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White-Tailed Deer
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239
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Notable Protectors of Wild Life: Madison Grant, Henry Fairfield Osborn, John F. Lacey, and William Dutcher
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249
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Notable Protectors: Forbush, Pearson, Burnham, Napier
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251
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Notable Protectors: Phillips, Kalbfus, McIlhenny, Ward
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255
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Band-Tailed Pigeon
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273
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Six Wild Chipmunks Dine with Mr. Loring
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315
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Chickadee, Tamed
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316
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Chipmunk, Tamed
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316
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Object Lesson in Bringing Back the Ducks
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317
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Gulls and Terns of Our Coast
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321
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Egrets and Herons in Sanctuary on Marsh Island
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363
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Bird Day at Carrick, Pa
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379
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Distributing Bird Boxes and Fruit Trees
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381
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MAPS
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The Wilderness of North America
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155
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Former and Existing Ranges of the Elk
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164
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Map Showing the Disappearance of the Lion
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183
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States and Provinces Requiring Resident Licenses.
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303
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Eighteen States Prohibit the Sale of Game
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307
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Map Used in Campaign for Bayne Law
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309
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United States National Game Preserves
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339
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Bird Reservations on the Gulf Coast and Florida
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349
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Marsh Island and Adjacent Preserves
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361
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Most Important Game Preserves of Africa
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366
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