. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . d-ing season, while species excepted from protection may be killed atany season. A full account of the food habits of the various black-birds may be found in Bulletin No. 13 of the Biological Survey. 22 LEGISLATION EOR THE PROTECTION OP BIRDS. ROBINS. In some sections of the South, particularly in New Orleans, all kindsof small birds, even thrushes, are considered legitimate game, and areoffered for sale in the markets. According to Prof. H. Nehrling,one main cause of the fearful decrease of our small migratory birdsmust be look
. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . d-ing season, while species excepted from protection may be killed atany season. A full account of the food habits of the various black-birds may be found in Bulletin No. 13 of the Biological Survey. 22 LEGISLATION EOR THE PROTECTION OP BIRDS. ROBINS. In some sections of the South, particularly in New Orleans, all kindsof small birds, even thrushes, are considered legitimate game, and areoffered for sale in the markets. According to Prof. H. Nehrling,one main cause of the fearful decrease of our small migratory birdsmust be looked for in our Southern States. There, millions of allkinds of birds are killed to satisfy the palate of the gourmand. * * *There is scarcely a hotel in New Orleans where small birds do notform an item on the bill of fare. At certain seasons the robin, woodthrush, thrasher, olive-backed thrush, hermit thrush, chewink, flicker,and many of our beautiful sparrows form the bulk of these victims;but cat-birds, cardinals, and almost all small birds, even swallows, can. >6»S2 Fig. -Robin [Merula migrator in). be found in the Mr. Andrew Allison, of New Orleans,gives similar testimony: In the fall migrations, when all the migrantsare literal butter-balls, appalling numbers of cat-birds, wood thrushes,red-eyed vireos, king birds, tanagers, and in fact any easily-shot birdsare killed * • * * near the coast towns. Wood thrushes and cat-birds are more persecuted than any other, under the name of grasse,and man}T are sent to the markets here in September and (Merula migratoria—fig. 7) are perhaps more generally killedthan any of the other thrushes, and in some States their killing- islegalized at certain seasons—for example, in North Carolina, fromOctober 15 to April 1. A few }Tears ago large numbers of robins were xSee W. T. Hornaday, 2d Ann. Rept. N. Y. Zool. Soc, p. 86, 1898. INSECTIVOEOUS AND SONG BIRDS. 23 shipped to the markets of Washington, D. C, fr
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