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Show r! Guiii-D oi: a.n -vTil I TIIUliATIiNS TOCAUSI- j Vfjl ''yt MOCKINQ lilRD'S IaTINCTION The Inlliiene of the New Orleans bird fluid. .in bus previiilid Ihe Loie iHtaiia li itlsluliiie In. in .ai.li. a law for Hie protei tlcni of blr.ls. One result re-sult of ibis la In ImroHio the ilntm. r tif Hie extel'lllinntft.n nl the miM'ktliK bird in l.oulHlntia. Audubon's stale. The moil. Iiik birds were onro the most nbumlntit of all birds In I.ouIhI : nun. Tlie levlMllitme even promised I to substltuie tli. in as the state hlrd for the pi 1 1 inn Itnt In Hie past .111 I years Ihe bird has been Biunnhternl I as tliouKi the ii I in ami purpose of the people were In Kei rid ol Jl. The slaughter lievan In IxCi, when the, neiiriM's first naned a lotKiins. Tim moihli K blribi. beiausi' of yunni of sntoty. were Ihe uim si ami most lie. piulenl or blrils. and tberetore the most 4-iiKlly killed Thousands were InuKhleroil to make (mimea for the nepnw'a of the. quarters. The ni'itm hunters have been followed fol-lowed by the bird fatulers. who will prolmbly aners-ed In extiiiuulshlim all sunn birds or birds of hrluht plumaice In tlie auile. They want live nineking birds to u lL it la aald Hint d.ihki morlii bn.ls and nlher sotm birds lire aai.p, r,,m New Oil. iii.u curli year, tost or t,.cm cnltig to Kiiriipe, ui'-l t ;. i iii iii. y In parlli ular. Tl.tlnss lu birds Is much heavier I isn tii,.. It lr prol. u'lle Hint four or Inn., inticht for every ono expert ex-pert Tliin.il. Line birds do not Inke In cnpnri, nr.d tmive very ib-lli ate cniii- in. Is u'll.n.itli sir. UK ted vlg- 4irom n :ir ii at !nri;e. l.lkn the ren 1 1 a I :,.'il. nil i)uetal the old birds pli.e k 1'iiptivlty and soon die. Tin nun tallty Is l.i-avy among Ihe yniiltl.lr.ls It la still a pnpulitr belief be-lief It laiulslatia Hint the parents of yoiiiil lilr.ln, preferring to seo their 1 1 n k i ur ilciid in'her Ihan In cnie tlvltr. iHiicou Ibem wrteti Ihey Dud Iheiiiruit.d. and II Is a fact that the si. r lilr.ln do gather around tun iio;i.if 11. e young captive and offer It .. rHirxre has the mew-klng bird be-coniii.liriiiiuh be-coniii.liriiiiuh Ihesn p.'rsiH-uilons that one m tiavel year after year through Ihe "xIh ami never hear It slug save In at Iv It vi 1 "".afi .s ' .'.i.uwwwiiieiwwjM |