Our Vanishing Wild Life

List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Former Abundance of Wild Life; Extinct Species of North American Birds; The Next Candidates for Oblivion; Extinct and Nearly Extinct Species of Mammals; The Extermination of Species, State by State; The Regular Army of Destruction; The Guerrillas of Destruction; The Unseen Foes of Wild Life; Destruction of Wild Life by Diseases; Destruction of Wild Life by the Elements; Slaughter of Song-Birds by Italians; Destruction of Song-Birds by Southern Negroes and Poor Whites; Extermination of Birds for Womens Hats; The Bird Tragedy on Laysan Island; Unfair Firearms and Shooting Ethics; The Present and Future of North American Big GameI; The Present and Future of North American Big GameII; The Present and Future of African Game; The Present and Future of Game in Asia; Destruction of Birds in the Far East; The Savage Viewpoint of the Gunner; Our Annual Losses by Insects; The Economic Value of Birds; Game and Agriculture: Deer as a Food Supply; Law and Sentiment as Factors In Preservation; The Army of the Defense; How to Make A New Game Law; New Laws Needed: A Roll-Call of the StatesI; New Laws Needed: A Roll-Call of the StatesII; New Laws Needed: A Roll-Call of the StatesIII; New Laws Needed: A Roll-Call of the StatesIV; Need for a Federal Migratory Bird Law, No-Sale-of-Game Law, and Others; Bringing Back the Vanished Birds and Game; Introduced Species That Have Been Beneficial; Introduced Species That Have Become Pests; National and State Game Preserves and Bird Refuges; Game Preserves and Game Laws in Canada; Private Game Preserves; British Game Preserves in Africa; Breeding Game and Fur in Captivity; Teaching Wild-Life Protection to the Young; Ethics of Sportsmanship; The Duty of American Zoologists to American Wild Life; The Greatest Need of the Cause; and the Duty of the Hour; Index.