Our Vanishing Wild Life Part 7

Wild turkey, ruffed grouse, pa.s.senger pigeon, heath hen, d.i.c.kcissel, whooping crane, Carolina parrakeet; white-tailed deer, black bear, gray wolf, beaver, Canada lynx, puma.

FLORIDA:

Flamingo, roseate spoonbill, scarlet ibis, Carolina parrakeet, pa.s.senger pigeon.

GEORGIA:

Pa.s.senger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet, whooping crane, trumpeter swan; bison, elk, beaver, gray wolf, puma.--(Last 3, Craig D. Arnold.)

IDAHO:

Wood duck, long-billed curlew, whooping crane; bison.--(Dr. C.S. Moody.)

ILLINOIS:

Pa.s.senger pigeon, whooping crane, Carolina parrakeet, trumpeter swan, snowy egret, Eskimo curlew; bison, elk, white-tailed deer, black bear, puma, Canada lynx.

INDIANA:

Pa.s.senger pigeon, whooping crane, northern raven, wild turkey, ivory-billed woodp.e.c.k.e.r, Carolina parrakeet, trumpeter swan, snowy egret, Eskimo curlew; bison, elk, white-tailed deer, black bear, Canada lynx, beaver, porcupine.--(Amos W. Butler.)

IOWA:

Wild turkey, Eskimo curlew, whooping crane, trumpeter swan, white pelican, pa.s.senger pigeon; bison, elk, antelope, white-tailed deer, black bear, puma, Canada lynx, gray wolf, beaver, porcupine.

KANSAS:

American scaup duck, woodc.o.c.k, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, pileated woodp.e.c.k.e.r, parrakeet, white-necked raven, American raven (all Prof.

L.L. Dyche); golden plover, Eskimo curlew, Hudsonian curlew, wood-duck (C.H. Smyth and James Howard, Wichita). Bison, elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, gray wolf, beaver (?), otter, lynx (?) (L.L.D.)

(Reports as complete and thorough as these for other localities no doubt would show lists equally long for several other states.--(W.T.H.))

KENTUCKY:

Pa.s.senger pigeon, parrakeet; bison, elk, puma, beaver, gray wolf.

LOUISIANA:

Pa.s.senger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, flamingo, scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill; bison, ocelot.

MAINE:

Great auk, Labrador duck, Eskimo curlew, oystercatcher, wild turkey, heath hen, pa.s.senger pigeon; puma, gray wolf, wolverine, caribou.--(All Arthur H. Norton, Portland.)

MARYLAND:

Sandhill crane, parrakeet, pa.s.senger pigeon; bison, elk, beaver, gray wolf, puma, porcupine.

Ma.s.sACHUSETTS:

Wild turkey, pa.s.senger pigeon, Labrador duck, whooping crane, sandhill crane, black-throated bunting, great auk, Eskimo curlew.--(William Brewster, W.P. Wharton); Canada lynx, gray wolf, black bear, moose, elk.

MICHIGAN:

Pa.s.senger pigeon, wild turkey, sandhill crane, whooping crane, bison, elk, wolverine.

MINNESOTA:

Whooping crane, white pelican, trumpeter swan, pa.s.senger pigeon, bison, elk, mule deer, antelope.

A strange condition exists in Minnesota, as will be seen by reference to the next list of states. A great many species are on the road to speedy extermination; but as yet the number of those that have become totally extinct up to date is small.

MISSISSIPPI:

Parrakeet, pa.s.senger pigeon; bison. (Data incomplete.)

MISSOURI:

Parrakeet, ivory-billed woodp.e.c.k.e.r, pa.s.senger pigeon, whooping crane, pinnated grouse; bison, elk, beaver.

MONTANA:

Although many Montana birds are on the verge of extinction, the only species that we are sure have totally vanished are the pa.s.senger pigeon and whooping crane. Mammals extinct, bison.

NEBRASKA:

Curlew, wild turkey, parrakeet, pa.s.senger pigeon, whooping crane, and no doubt _all_ the other species that have disappeared from Kansas.

Mammals: bison, antelope, elk, and mule deer.

NEVADA:

By a rather odd combination of causes and effects, Nevada retains representatives of nearly all her original outfit of bird and mammal species except the bison and elk; but several of them will shortly become extinct.

NEW HAMPSHIRE:

Wild turkey, heath hen, pigeon, whooping crane, Eskimo curlew, upland plover, Labrador duck; woodland caribou, moose.

NEW JERSEY:

Heath hen, wild turkey, pigeon, parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, Labrador duck, snowy egret, whooping crane, sandhill crane, trumpeter swan, pileated woodp.e.c.k.e.r; gray wolf, black bear, beaver, elk, porcupine, puma.

NEW MEXICO:

Notwithstanding an enormous decrease in the general volume of wild life in New Mexico, comparatively few species have been totally exterminated.

The most important are the bison and Arizona elk.

NEW YORK:

Heath hen, pa.s.senger pigeon, wild turkey, great auk, trumpeter swan, Labrador duck, harlequin duck, Eskimo curlew, upland plover, golden plover, whooping crane, sandhill crane, purple martin, pileated woodp.e.c.k.e.r, moose, caribou, bison, elk, puma, gray wolf, wolverine, marten, fisher, beaver, fox, squirrel, harbor seal.