. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. BIRDS 95 nesting grounds, the coveted feathers are stripped from their backs, the carcasses are left to rot, while the young in the nest above are ; " This slaughter of the innocents is by no means confined to the Southern states. During four months 70,000 bird skins were supplied to the New York trade by one Long Island village. 'On the coast line of Long Island,' wrote. gi^3^ Fig. 76.—Tern. Mr. Wilham Dutcher, not long ago, ' the slaughter has been carried on to such a degree that, where, a few years since, thousands and tho
. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. BIRDS 95 nesting grounds, the coveted feathers are stripped from their backs, the carcasses are left to rot, while the young in the nest above are ; " This slaughter of the innocents is by no means confined to the Southern states. During four months 70,000 bird skins were supplied to the New York trade by one Long Island village. 'On the coast line of Long Island,' wrote. gi^3^ Fig. 76.—Tern. Mr. Wilham Dutcher, not long ago, ' the slaughter has been carried on to such a degree that, where, a few years since, thousands and thousands of terns (Fig. 76) were gracefully sailing over the surf-beaten shore and the wind-rippled bays, now one is rarely to be seen.' Land birds of all sorts have also suffered in a similar way, both on Long Island and in adjacent localities in New Jersey. Nor have the interior regions of the United States escaped the visits of the milli-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Peabody, James Edward, b. 1869; Hunt, Arthur Ellsworth, joint author. New York, The Macmillan company
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