Chapter
I. FORMER ABUNDANCE OF WILD LIFE
II. EXTINCT SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS
III. THE NEXT CANDIDATES FOR OBLIVION
IV. EXTINCT AND NEARLY EXTINCT SPECIES OF MAMMALS
V. THE EXTERMINATION OF SPECIES, STATE BY STATE
VI. THE REGULAR ARMY OF DESTRUCTION
VII. THE GUERRILLAS OF DESTRUCTION
VIII. THE UNSEEN FOES OF WILD LIFE
IX. DESTRUCTION OF WILD LIFE BY DISEASES
X. DESTRUCTION OF WILD LIFE BY THE ELEMENTS
XI. SLAUGHTER OF SONG-BIRDS BY ITALIANS
XII. DESTRUCTION OF SONG-BIRDS BY SOUTHERN NEGROES
AND POOR WHITES
XIII. EXTERMINATION OF BIRDS FOR WOMEN'S HATS
XIV. THE BIRD TRAGEDY ON LAYSAN ISLAND
XV. UNFAIR FIREARMS AND SHOOTING ETHICS
XVI. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME--I
XVII. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME--II
XVIII. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AFRICAN GAME
XIX. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GAME IN ASIA
XX. DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS IN THE FAR EAST. BY C. WILLIAM BEEBE
XXI. THE SAVAGE VIEWPOINT OF THE GUNNER


PART II.--PRESERVATION

XXII. OUR ANNUAL LOSSES BY INSECTS
XXIII. THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF BIRDS