Turtle dove, quail, red-bird, wren, hummingbird, wild canary [goldfinch] and blue bird.—­(Walter C. Staley, Dayton.)

OKLAHOMA: 

Pinnated grouse.—­(J.C.  Clark); otter, kit fox, black-footed ferret.—­(G.W.  Stevens.)

OREGON: 

American egret, snowy egret.—­(W.L.  Finley, Portland.)

PENNSYLVANIA: 

Virginia partridge and woodcock.—­(Arthur Chapman.)

Wood-duck, least bittern, phalarope, woodcock, duck hawk and barn swallow.—­(Dr. Chas. B. Penrose.)

Wild turkey; also various transient and straggling water birds.—­(Witmer
Stone.)

RHODE ISLAND: 

Wood-duck, knot, greater yellow-legs, upland plover, golden plover, piping plover, great horned owl.—­(Harry S. Hathaway, South Auburn.)

SOUTH CAROLINA: 

Wood duck, abundant 6 years ago, now almost gone.  Wild turkey (abundant up to 1898); woodcock, upland plover, Hudsonian curlew, Carolina rail, Virginia rail, clapper rail and coot.  Black bear verging on extinction, opossum dwindling rapidly.—­(James H. Rice Jr., Summerville.)

SOUTH DAKOTA: 

Prairie chicken and quail are most likely to become extinct in the near future.—­(W.F.  Bancroft, Watertown.)

TEXAS: 

Wild turkey and prairie chickens.—­(J.D.  Cox, Austin.)

Plover, all species; curlew, cardinal, road-runner, woodcock, wood-duck, canvas-back, cranes, all the herons; wild turkey; quail, all varieties; prairie chicken and Texas guan.—­(Capt.  M.B.  Davis, Waco.)

Curlew, very rare; plover, very rare; antelope. (Answer applies to the
Panhandle of Texas.—­Chas. Goodnight.)

Everything [is threatened with extinction] save the dove, which is a migrating bird.  Antelope nearly all gone.—­(Col.  O.C.  Guessaz, San Antonio.)

UTAH: 

Our wild birds are well protected, and there are none that are threatened with extinction.  They are increasing.—­(Fred. W. Chambers, State Game Warden, Salt Lake City.)

VERMONT: 

If all states afforded as good protection as does Vermont, none; but migrating birds like woodcock are now threatened.—­(John W. Tilcomb, State Game Warden, Lyndonville.)

VIRGINIA: 

Pheasants (ruffed grouse), wild turkey and other game birds are nearly extinct.  A few bears remain, and deer in small numbers in remote sections.  In fact, all animals show great reduction in numbers, owing to cutting down forests, and constant gunning.—­(L.T.  Christian, Richmond.)

WEST VIRGINIA: 

Wood-duck, wild turkey, northern raven, dickcissel.—­(Rev. Earle A.
Brooks, Weston.)

Wild turkeys are very scarce, also ducks.  Doves, once numerous, now almost nil.  Eagles, except a few in remote fastnesses.  Many native song-birds are retreating before the English sparrow.—­(William Perry Brown, Glenville.)

Wood-duck and wild turkey.—­(J.A.  Viquesney, Belington.)