. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The California Murre South Farallon Island. And, 'in the opinion of the eggers, not more than one egg in six of those deposited on that island was gathered.'' The history of the Farallon egg traffic deserves a volume, whereas we have only a few inches of space. It is difficult at this late day to form. Taken on the Southeast Farallon MURRES' EGGS Photo by the Author any adequate conception of the number of birds involved or of the ruth- lessness di
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The California Murre South Farallon Island. And, 'in the opinion of the eggers, not more than one egg in six of those deposited on that island was gathered.'' The history of the Farallon egg traffic deserves a volume, whereas we have only a few inches of space. It is difficult at this late day to form. Taken on the Southeast Farallon MURRES' EGGS Photo by the Author any adequate conception of the number of birds involved or of the ruth- lessness displayed by the looters. Their motto was "all the traffic will bear," and the devil take the birds. Whereas the toll of 9 years had aver- aged twenty-five thousand dozen a year up to 1873, it fell away thereafter to fifteen thousand. By 1896, when Mr. Leverett M. Loomis visited the island, the picking had fallen to 7645 dozen. An alarm raised by this com- petent observer led to governmental interference, and in the following year all traffic in eggs was forbidden, and the islands were placed under the juris- diction of the Lighthouse Board, a branch of the Treasury Department. In 1918, jurisdiction over the birds was transferred to the Department of Agriculture, and the policy of absolute protection will doubtless be main- tained. The infamous egg traffic is a thing of the past, but the Farallon rook- eries have never recovered. Birds, which in fifty years had been called 1502. 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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