. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. 94 ANIMAL BIOLOGY tain seasons the robin, wood tlirush, thrasher, olive-backed thrush, hermit thrush, chewink, flicker, and many of our beautiful sparrows form the bulk of the victims; but cat- birds, cardinals, and almost all small birds, even swallows, can be found in the ; 77. Destruction of birds for millinery purposes. — Even more ruthless than the slaughter of birds for food by boys and by men is that caused by the demand for birds for millinery purposes. Here the final responsi- bility rests upon women alone. A single dealer
. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. 94 ANIMAL BIOLOGY tain seasons the robin, wood tlirush, thrasher, olive-backed thrush, hermit thrush, chewink, flicker, and many of our beautiful sparrows form the bulk of the victims; but cat- birds, cardinals, and almost all small birds, even swallows, can be found in the ; 77. Destruction of birds for millinery purposes. — Even more ruthless than the slaughter of birds for food by boys and by men is that caused by the demand for birds for millinery purposes. Here the final responsi- bility rests upon women alone. A single dealer in the South declared that in the course of a single year he handled 30,000 bird skins, the largest part of which were used in the decora- tion of hats. The Florida egret heron (Fig. 75) has been prac- tically exterminated for this purpose. "Twenty years ago," says Chap- man, "it was abundant in the South, now it is the rarest of its family. The delicate ' aigrettes' which it donned as a nuptial dress were its death warrant. Woman demanded from the bird its wedding plumes, and man has supplied the demand. The Florida herons or egrets have gone, and now he is pursuing the helpless lairds to the uttermost parts of the earth. Mercilessly they are shot down at their roosts or. Fig. 75. — Egret, nest, and young. (Courtesy National Audubon Society.). 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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