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Special Report on the Decrease of Certain Birds, and Its Causes, With Suggestions for Bird Protection
Excerpt from Special Report on the Decrease of Certain Birds, and Its Causes, With Suggestions for Bird Protection
Some correspondents failed to answer these questions, and others. Answered rather indefinitely. The definite answers received are tabulated below. Seventy-three of those who regard birds generally as diminishing in num bers estimate the percentage of decrease as one, 10 per cent; one, 12% per cent; twenty-one, 25 per cent; one, 30 per cent; six, 3331, per cent; thirty-three, 50 per cent; five, per cent; three, 75 per cent; two, 90 per cent. Eleven state that birds are decreasing somewhat, but give no estimate of the percentage; those also who regard birds in general as increasing give no percentages. It is im possible, therefore, with the figures at hand, to arrive at the average Opinion as to the percentage of decrease of the birds in the State, to say nothing of the facts in the case. To get at even an approximation of the facts, other methods must be employed. The table shows that a large share of the reports-were pessimistic, and on its face, perhaps, presents a darker picture than the facts will warrant. A Tabulated Statement, by Counties, of the Reports regarding the Decrease of Birds.
Some correspondents failed to answer these questions, and others. Answered rather indefinitely. The definite answers received are tabulated below. Seventy-three of those who regard birds generally as diminishing in num bers estimate the percentage of decrease as one, 10 per cent; one, 12% per cent; twenty-one, 25 per cent; one, 30 per cent; six, 3331, per cent; thirty-three, 50 per cent; five, per cent; three, 75 per cent; two, 90 per cent. Eleven state that birds are decreasing somewhat, but give no estimate of the percentage; those also who regard birds in general as increasing give no percentages. It is im possible, therefore, with the figures at hand, to arrive at the average Opinion as to the percentage of decrease of the birds in the State, to say nothing of the facts in the case. To get at even an approximation of the facts, other methods must be employed. The table shows that a large share of the reports-were pessimistic, and on its face, perhaps, presents a darker picture than the facts will warrant. A Tabulated Statement, by Counties, of the Reports regarding the Decrease of Birds.
125 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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