Show the slaughter of birds an investigation by tho the new york zoological society into the destruction of bird and animal life in the united states has shown that in tour four fifths of the area of the united states exclusive of alaska bird life to la being annihilated edible birds are rare and on the point of extinction and plums birds ore are practically efti extinct ct W T hornaday director of the u now new york zoological park in 9 paper read bo fore the section of biology of the new york academy of sciences referred to the socie tys and used considerable of the data to be published in the report lie he said A sailes of questions regarding the decrease and its causes was sent to correspondents in all parts of the country answers were received from some borne observers including guides collectors col lectora sportsmen and tax ider mists from every state and territory in the union ninety per cent ot the answers shoved that they had bad peen been compiled with gleat care and the closeness with which the estimates la in different states agreed was surprising as well as important in determining the scientific value of the data furnished eighty per cent of the correspondents declared that tile the decrease debrea s e I 1 in n br bird life was waa unmistakable with begat regail d to the causes of destruction the majority agreed la in attributing the blame to sportsmen first of all to boys boy who shoot second and to t the clearing ot of timber tor for cities as the third and most important cause scarcely less lees dead ly to the th birds were the feather featner hunt hullt era the decrease has been largest in florida being 90 per cent in fifteen years connecticut indian territory and montana each 70 75 per cent indiana 60 illinois 38 wisconsin do and nebraska only 10 per cent |