Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-08-29
coee's ISLAND SHOOTING.
klaW" hscr OF Sea Birds Cor Millinery
aud Mercantile Purposes.
IRal,imore Suu.l

Baltimore sun
! During recent trip with the Orphcus
ailing club Of Baltimore 10 the well.
anwn obb's island, the following facts
,ir H. q rlaincd. and created u very I'm.
r;.>,dnl ps.ion: An cn'erlfi Ing
No ..n ir,m New York has contracted
with l'aris millinery iim IA deliver dur
Tie summer III, 900 ,r more skins OF
rs at 20 cents apiece. With several
l"Ni,lcrmi,ts she was carrying oul the ron
TRAIT having engaged Young and old Ia
kill birds of dilrr'ni kinds, and paying
Them 10 cents for each specimen not loo
much muiiaiei for mllin, ~ purposes The
plulnagc OF mos, of the birds 10 liz obtain Il
nj this island i plain, but with The assistance
uf "A little dye II l. soon transformed INFO
iilal of gayly colond tropical birds. The
birds comprised In this wholesale slaughter
ARE mainly the different species of gulls
and terms. or sa swallows. of which many
species IN large numbers could formerly
ir found upon This island. BIT now only
few of tie graceful birds remain urOa
Cobb', islam. ils,lf. and the pol.hune :,
or rather II ~ hunters. have 10 30 some
ii>ian - To- carry out their cruel 'rhcinr.
II We consider that with rarn old i'ird
killed and on v old biris have u suitable
plumag-also many Of the young birds.
,iill unable 10 take care of Themselves. are
doomed 10 starvation. This wh"">ale
slaughter j. more infamous AMI criminal.
4 good deal Of dissatisfaction was shown
ln some of the guests STAYING ~ The hotel
aiDul this matter, hut They did not do
anything Ia prevent il
unc commended that M mail 7 how
ni..ny sulls and ierns would Ia Killed new
ilnie would h. plenty more during lie
lr..t SEASON Poor reasoning. Gulls like
II other biri>. have certain places 10 niIl:d
nrrn IS and rear they ,o,ilg: fuii'rF
l.,olr. all yulls ." for this puIl"~e only IL
surli pla,rs where there were born and
consequently hl killing both parents ami
loiing in one season none remain Ia return
ia their Lrr,giing places The l"li"w ny Ma
.on. Il is uue, there will r plenty If
.ull, NJ The island during the liie TALL and
Mii.r. hat these are only visitors Of differ
at spa> thai nest further moth and
Mhr,l " III return Ia their home with The
r,,tlriI of spring The beautiful aud ne.
,llllar black skinner or cul.wgtr. which
formerly Was only found in large Numbers
upon the island. will soon k n rare bird
Ia il, old home. These black skip
pcrs are more social and move synchron
ou,y. which j. not the case with any of
the other terms. They feed chiefly in the
disk Of the evening. gliding and saim
ming swiftly along just over the wat.r;
their hill is ol1ned. the lower W under
mandiblc is in the wafer and 30 They take
rir food in II manner analogous 10 the
l,rling of whales.
The practice Of wearing stuffed u IL AS
ur.tanrn,s upon the hats Of the iali"s j.
very criel one infiiciing IN eDdl".. amount
q, ~, ~ and Iain upon limo rni and
irn n, Il birds. aud Ill h |, H'i,c' ought
Ia ~ Discontinued. Why not star; e'luo>.
(, lad member. Of which ayrrin, no,
4, war amy stuffed birds themselves.
.ch clubs exist in Europe. and American
Lriics surely have as much feeling ~ lal.cs
.sewhere.