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Page Former Abundance of Wild Life 1 Extinct Species of North American Birds 7 The Next Candidates for Oblivion 17 ExtinctandNearlyExtinctSpeciesofMammals. 34 The Extermination of Species, State by State. ... 42 The Regular Army of Destruction 53 The Guerrillas of Destruction 63 The Unseen Foes of Wild Life 73
Destruction of Wild Life by Diseases 82 DestructionofWildLifebytheElements 88 SlaughterofSong-BirdsbyItalians 94 Destruction of Song-Birds by Southern Negroes
AND Poor Whites 105 ExterminationofBirdsforWomen'sHats 114 TheBirdTragedyonLaysanIsland 137 Unfair Firearms and Shooting Ethics 143 ThePresentandFutureofNorthAmericanBig
Game—1 156 ThePresentandFutureofNorthAmericanBig
Game—II 171 The Present and Future of African Game 181 The Present and Future of Game in Asia 188
CONTENTS Part I. Extermination
Destruction of Birds in the Far East. By C. William Beebe
ThevSavageViewpointoftheGunner
Part II. Preservation
OurAnnualLossesbyInsects. TheEconomicValueofBirds GameandAgriculture:DeerasaFoodSupply..
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