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EXTERMINATION STATE BY STATE 43
Florida:
Flamingo, roseate spoonbill, scarlet ibis, Carolina parrakeet, passenger pigeon.
Georgia:
Passenger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet, whooping crane, trumpeter swan; bison, elk,
beaver, gray wolf, puma.—(Last 3, Craig D. Arnold.)
Idaho:
Wood duck, long-billed curlew, whooping crane; bison.—(Dr. C. S. Moody.)
Illinois:
Passenger pigeon, whooping crane, Carolina parrakeet, trumpeter swan, snowy
egret, Eskimo curlew; bison, elk, white-tailed deer, black bear, puma, Canada lynx.
Indiana:
Passenger pigeon, whooping crane, northern raven, wild turkey, ivory-billed wood-
pecker, Carolina parrakeet, trumpeter swan, snowy egret, Eskimo curlew; bison, elk, white-tailed deer, black bear, Canada lynx, beaver, porcupine.—(Amos W. Butler)
Iowa:
Wild turkey, Eskimo curlew, whooping crane, trumpeter swan, white pelican, pas-
senger pigeon; bison, elk, antelope, white-tailed deer, black bear, puma, Canada lynx,
gray wolf, beaver, porcupine.
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Kansas:
American scaup duck, woodcock, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, pileated woodpecker,
parrakeet, white-necked raven, American raven (all Prof. L. L. Dyche); golden plover, Eskimo curlew, Hudsonian curlew, wood-duck (C. H. Smyth and James Howard, Wichita). Bison, elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, grav wolf, beaver (?), otter, lynx (?) (L. L. D.)
("Reports as complete and thorough as these for other localities no doubt would show lists equally long for several other states. —-(W. T. H.)
Kentucky:
Passenger pigeon, parrakeet; bison, elk, puma, beaver, gray wolf.
Louisiana:
Passenger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, flamingo, scarlet ibis, roseate
spoonbill; bison, ocelot.
Maine:
Great auk, Labrador duck, Eskimo curlew, oystercatcher, wild turkey, heath hen,
passenger pigeon; puma, gray wolf, wolverine, caribou. —(All Arthur H. Norton, Portland.)
Maryland:
Sandhill crane, parrakeet, passenger pigeon; bison, elk, beaver, gray wolf, puma,
porcupine.
Massachusetts:
Wild turkey, passenger pigeon, Labrador duck, whooping crane, sandhill crane,
black-throated bunting, great auk, Eskimo curlew.—(William Brewster, W. P. Wharton) ; Canada lynx, gray wolf, black bear, moose, elk.
Michigan:
Passenger pigeon, wild turkey, sandhill crane, whooping crane, bison, elk, wolverine.
Minnesota:
Whooping crane, white pelican, trumpeter swan, passenger pigeon, bison, elk, mule
deer, antelope.
A strange condition exists in Minnesota, as will be seen by reference to the next list
ofstates. Agreatmanyspeciesareontheroadtospeedyextermination;butasyet the number of those that have become totally extinct up to date is small.
Mississippi:
Parrakeet,passengerpigeon;bison. (Dataincomplete.)