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44 OUR VANISHING WILD LIFE
Missouri:
Parrakeet, ivory-billed woodpecker, passenger pigeon, whooping crane, pinnated
grouse; bison, elk, beaver.
Montana:
Although many Montana birds are on the verge of extinction, the only species that
we are sure have totally vanished are the passenger pigeon and whooping crane. Mammals extinct, bison.
Nebraska:
Curlew, wild turkey, parrakeet, passenger pigeon, whooping crane, and no doubt
alltheotherspeciesthathavedisappearedfromKansas. Mammals:bison,antelope, elk, and mule deer.
Nevada:
By a rather odd combination of causes and effects, Nevada retains representatives
of nearly all her original outfit of bird and mammal species except the bison and elk; but several of them will shortly become extinct.
New Hampshire:
Wild turkey, heath hen, pigeon, whooping crane, Eskimo curlew, upland plover,
Labrador duck; woodland caribou, moose.
New Jersey:
Heath hen, wild turkey, pigeon, parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, Labrador duck, snowy
egret, whooping crane, sandhill crane, trumpeter swan, pileated woodpecker; gray wolf, black bear, beaver, elk. porcupine, puma.
New Mexico:
Notwithstanding an enormous decrease in the general volume of wild life in New
Mexico,comparativelyfewspecieshavebeentotallyexterminated. Themostimpor- tant are the bison and Arizona elk.
New York:
Heath hen, passenger pigeon, wild turkey, great auk, trumpeter swan, Labrador
duck, harlequin duck, Eskimo curlew, upland plover, golden plover, whooping crane, sandhill crane, purple martin, pileated woodpecker, moose, caribou, bison, elk, puma, gray wolf, wolverine, marten, fisher, beaver, fox, squirrel, harbor seal.
North Carolina:
Ivory-billed woodpecker, parrakeet, pigeon, roseate spoonbill, long-billed curlew
{Niimenius americaniis), Eskimo curlew; bison, elk, gray wolf, puma, beaver.—(E. L. Ewbank, T. Gilbert Pearson, H. H. and C. S. Brimley.)
North Dakota:
Whooping crane, long-billed curlew, Hudsonian godwit, passenger pigeon; bison,
elk, mule deer, mountain sheep.—(W. B. Bell and Alfred Eastgate.)
Ohio :
Pigeon, wild turkey, pinnated grouse, northern pileated woodpecker, parrakeet;
white-tailed deer, bison, elk, black bear, puma, gray wolf, beaver, otter, puma, lynx.
Oklahoma:
Records for birds insufficient. Mammals: bison, elk, antelope, mule deer, puma,
black bear.
Oregon:
The only species known to have been wnoily exterminated during recent times is the
California condor and the bison, both of which were rare stragglers into Oregon ; but a number of species are now close to extinction.
Pennsylvania:
Heath hen, pigeon, parrakeet, Labrador duck; bison, elk, moose, puma, gray wolf,