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Start of eBook	1
PART I.—EXTERMINATION	1
PART II.—PRESERVATION	1
ILLUSTRATIONS	1
MAPS	3
OUR VANISHING WILD LIFE	3
PART I. EXTERMINATION	3
CHAPTER I	3
BIRDS	7
MAMMALS	7
CHAPTER II	8
ROLL CALL OF THE DEAD SPECIES OF AMERICAN BIRDS	10
CHAPTER III	16
PARTIAL LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS THREATENED WITH EARLY EXTERMINATION	17
ROLL OF HONOR	25
WOOD-DUCK-EATING STATES (1912)	25
SPECIES IN GREAT DANGER	27
CHAPTER IV	29
LARGE MAMMALS COMPLETELY EXTERMINATED	29
SPECIES OF LARGE MAMMALS ALMOST EXTINCT	32
CHAPTER V	34
ALABAMA:	34
CANADA	37
MANITOBA:	37
BIRDS AND MAMMALS THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION	38
CANADA	44
CHAPTER VI	45
THE UNITED STATES ARMY OF DESTRUCTION	50
CHAPTER VII	52
CHAPTER VIII	60
CHAPTER IX	68
CHAPTER X	75
CHAPTER XI	81
THE ITALIAN SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS	81
CHAPTER XII	90
CHAPTER XIII	98
LONDON FEATHER SALE OF FEBRUARY, 1911	103
LONDON FEATHER SALE OF MAY, 1911	103
LONDON FEATHER SALE OF OCTOBER, 1911	103
IMPORTS OF FEATHERS AND DOWN (ORNAMENTAL) FOR THE YEAR 1910	104
PRICES OF RARE AND BEAUTIFUL BIRD SKINS IN LONDON	105
CHAPTER XIV.	116
CHAPTER XV	119
HOW GENTLEMEN SPORTSMEN REGARD AUTOMATIC AND PUMP GUNS	127
WHERE AUTOMATIC GUNS ARE BARRED OUT BY LAW	127
SPORTSMEN’S CLUBS WHEREIN THEY ARE BARRED BY CODES OF ETHICS AND RULES	127
CHAPTER XVI	129
OUR SPECIES OF BIG GAME	132
LOCALITY NUMBER AUTHORITY	137
SOUTH AMERICA	141
MEXICO	141
CHAPTER XVII	142
CHAPTER XVIII	152
BIG GAME IN THE CAPE PROVINCE	155
CHAPTER XIX	158
CHAPTER XX	164
CHAPTER XXI	171
PART II.—PRESERVATION	176
CHAPTER XXII	176
CHAPTER XXIII.	179
BIRDS THAT DEVOUR THE CODLING MOTH	180
NUMBER OF SEEDS EATEN BY A BOB-WHITE IN ONE DAY	185
NOTABLY BAD INSECTS EATEN BY THE BOB-WHITE	185
SUMMARY OF THE QUAIL’S INSECT FOOD	185
OUR VANISHING SHOREBIRDS	192
CHAPTER XXIV	197
CHAPTER XXV	205
CHAPTER XXVI	208
THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW YORK CITY	213
CHAPTER XXVII	216
HOW TO PASS A NEW LAW	217
CHAPTER XXVIII	223
A ROLL-CALL OF THE STATES	225
CHAPTER XXIX	232
DELAWARE:	233
IDAHO:	236
INDIANA:	238
IOWA:	238
KANSAS:	239
LOUISIANA:	240
CHAPTER XXX	240
MAINE:	240
CHAPTER XXXI	249
NORTH CAROLINA:	249
PENNSYLVANIA:	252
RHODE ISLAND:	252
SOUTH DAKOTA:	253
TENNESSEE:	253
TEXAS:	254
WASHINGTON:	256
WISCONSIN:	258
WYOMING:	259
CHAPTER XXXII	260
REASONS WHY THE SALE OF WILD GAME SHOULD CEASE EVERYWHERE	266
CHAPTER XXXIII	268
CHAPTER XXXIV	277
CHAPTER XXXV	283
CHAPTER XXXVI	287
OTHER NATIONAL PARKS	295
NATIONAL MONUMENTS	295
STATE GAME PRESERVES IN THE UNITED STATES	297
NEW YORK:	299
MONTANA:	299
LOUISIANA:	300
	301
CHAPTER XXXVII	301
THE GAME PRESERVES OF CANADA	302
ALBERTA’S NATIONAL PARKS	303
LIST OF MANITOBA’S GAME PRESERVES	305
GAME LAWS OF THE CANADIAN PROVINCES	306
CHAPTER XXXVIII	309
CHAPTER XXXIX	314
AFRICAN GAME PRESERVES	317
EGYPTIAN SUDAN:	317
SOMALILAND:	317
UGANDA:	317
TRANSVAAL:	318
SWAZILAND:	318
RHODESIA:	318
GAME PRESERVES IN AUSTRALASIA	318
AUSTRALIA:	318
TASMANIA:	318
CHAPTER XL	319
BREEDING FUR-BEARING ANIMALS	324
CHAPTER XLI	325
CHAPTER XLII	330
CHAPTER XLIII	334
CHAPTER XLIV	341
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR	345
INDEX	345
BOOKS BY W.T. HORNADAY	361

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