. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . , and areoffered for sale in the markets. According to Prof. H. Nehrling, SPECIES SOMETIMES CONSIDERED GAME BIRDS. 29 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, nicker,and msmj of
. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . , and areoffered for sale in the markets. According to Prof. H. Nehrling, SPECIES SOMETIMES CONSIDERED GAME BIRDS. 29 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, nicker,and msmj of our beautiful sparrows form the bulk of these victims;but cat-birds, cardinals, and almost all small birds, even swallows, canbe found in the markets. a Mr. Andrew Allison, of New Orleans,gives similar testimony: uIn 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-. Fig. 6.—Robin (Merula migratoria). birds are more persecuted than any other, under the name of grasse,and many are sent to the markets here in September and October. a Robins {Merula migratoria—fig. 6) 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, fromNovember 1 to March 15. A few years ago large numbers of robinswere shipped to the markets of Washington, D. C, from various pointsin Virginia and North Carolina. In the spring of 1897 no less than2,700 were received in one lot. These birds were killed near roostsjust before the northward migration set in. Fortunately their sale couldbe stopped in the District of Columbia, but their killing at this seasonwas lawful in North Carolina. It seems hardlynecessary to call attention to the insectivorous habitsof robins; but a few details may add emphasis. In an
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