Threatened Ducks and Geese West Indian Whistling Duck Hawaiian Goose Gamebird Conservation Freckled Duck by Jack Clinton-Eitniear Crested San Antonio, Texas Baykal Teal New Zealand Brown Teal Laysan Duck Pink-headed Duck Madagascar Pochard During the first half of the nine­ from the list at the end of this article, Scaly-sided Merganser teenth century, had you ventured into they have a rather formidable chal­ Lesser White-fronted Goose a meat market in ew York or Balti­ lenge ahead of them. Red-breasted Goose more, you might well have encoun­ While it is encouraging to note that Ruddy-headed Goose tered a rather "fishy" tasting duck a number of facing troubles in White-winged Duck offered for sale. That duck, often said the wild are well represented in cap­ Madagascar Teal to have rotted as few desired to eat tivity it is equally saddening that Hawaiian Duck them, was that of a Labrador Duck most are not. Having had the pleasure Marbled Teal (Camptorhynchus labradorius)~ a of working with , as well as Baer's Pochard now extinct species. While dis­ brown-, blue- and white-eared pheas­ Brazilian Merganser covered inhabiting the northeast sea­ ants in the late sixties, I know well of White-headed Duck board in 1789, the duck, for reasons their awe-inspiring beauty. Anyone unknown, had disappeared by 1878. who is tempted to associate bright Threatened , While at least four species of water­ colors of enchanting combinations , & fowl have passed into , I with only small needs to visit a Bearded Wood- know of only one Gallinaceous , collection. We can only Gorgeted Wood-quail the Himalayan Mountain Quail hope that the next ICBP list contains Mount Cameroon (Ophrysia superciliosa) that can be no more, perhaps fewer, species of ahan's Francolin added to that Ii t. Thi is not to say gamebirds. In order to help and/or that man additional pecie are not learn more about pheasant conserva­ Rickett's Hill-partridge heading in thi direction. Habitat tion, write to: Chestnut-headed Partridge modification and hunting seem to be World Pheasant Association, Chestnut-necklaced Partridge reducing gamebird numbers 'every­ P.O. Box 5, Child Beale Wildlife Trust, Western where at a rapid rate. While efforts by Lower Basildon, Readings RG8 9PF, Cabot's Tragopan the International Council for Bird England. Chinese Preservation (ICBP) and the World Vo Quy's Pheasant Threatened Gamebirds taken from "Birds to Swinhoe's Pheasant Pheasant Association have made Watch", ICBP Technical Publication No.8, some substantial progress in aiding mithsonian Institution Press, Collar and Crested Fireback some of these species, as you can see Andrews, editors, 1988. Bulwer's Pheasant Brown- ..c <0 Hume's Pheasant 5 Reeve's Pheasant Malaysian Peacock-pheasant Crested Congo Peacock Chestnut Wood-quail c ~ Djibouti Francolin Himalayan Quail Blyth's Tragopan Sclater's Monal Edwards' Pheasant Salvadori's Pheasant White-eared Pheasant Mikado Pheasant Germain's Peacock-pheasant Palawan Peacock-pheasant The stately Edward's is listed among the threatenedpheasants. • 4 June / July 1990

..~~UICIi+ AMERICAN FEDERATION OF " .,J Dedicated to conservation of bird wildlife through encouragement of i rh~ : captive breeding programs, scientific research, and education of the general public. ~ ~'f\.! II?:> C ... ~ 1989-1990 OFFICERS "'0... ~ :(.~" PHYLLIS MARTIN, President (813) 837-4555 0" A" DAVIS KOFFRON, 1st Vice President (602) 268-9237 CHUCK SAFFELL, 2nd Vice President (813) 722-0997 VICKI FLETCHER, Chief Financial Officer (206) 841-2705 SALLIE KLINK, Corresponding SecretaI}' (813) 831-0261 LAURELLA DESBOROUGH, Executive Secretal}'(415) 372-6174 LEGAL COUNSEL VICE PRESIDENT LEGISLATIVE VICE PRESIDENT Dan McCormic, clo P.O. Box 56218, Phoenix, AZ 85079-6218 Ruth Hanessian (301) 424-7387 MEMBER NATIONAL &INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Cockatiel Society, Inc.• American Budgerigar Society, Inc.• International Dove Society • National Finch &Softbill Society • National Parrot Association National Cockatiel Society • International Softbill Society • International Loriidae Society • Avicultural Society of America Society of Parrot Breeders and Exhibitors • African Love Bird Society • Amazona Society

MEMBER CLUBS Northeastern Region NEW JERSEY GEORGIA OHIO LOUISIANA Slale coordinalor: Slale coonllnator: SIale coonlinalor: Slale coonlinalor: Paul Gildersleeve, regional Y. p. Vicki Clark (609) 395-7208 Mimi Shephenl, DVM John Walhen (614) 421-4126 - (516) 922-1169 Soulh Jersey Bird Club (404) 377-6319 AviculturaJ Society of Gulf South Bird Club,lnc. CONNECTICUT The Real Macaw KENTUCKY Greater Cincinnati Southwest Louisiana Bird Club Cleveland Cage Bird Society Slale coonlinator: PENNSnVANIA Slale coonlinator: Guslave Seehorsl (203) 745-3697 Golden Crescent Cage Bird Club MISSOURI Slale coonlinalor: Thomas B. Angel, Jr., DVM -- Slale coonlinalor: Connecticut Association for Mid-American Exotic Bird Kristine Kroner (215) 628-4143 (606) 371-4929 Paddy Lambert (314) 962-8186 Aviculture,lnc. Society, Inc. Anthracite Bird Club Kentuckiana Cage Bird Club Gateway Parrot Club New England Finch Fanciers Northwest Ohio Exotic Bird Club Central Pennsylvania Cage Bird Club Greater Kansas City Avicultural Chester County Bird Breeders MISSISSIPPI MAINE Slale coonlinalor: WISCONSIN Society Delaware Valley Bird Club Slale coonlinator: Jerry Pace (601) 781-2364 Slale coonlinalor: Missouri Cage Bird Association Archie Falrbrolher (207) 394-2252 Erie Cage Bird Club David Bluma (414) 554-8432 Greater Pittsburgh Cage Bird Society NORTH CAROLINA Milwaukee Bird Society, Ltd. OKLAHOMA MASSACHUSmS Philadelphia Avicultural Society Slale coonlinator: Slale coonlinalor: Slale coonlinator: Wisconsin Cage Bird ClUb, Inc. Bob Beech (919) 855-8292 Tom SnOWden, M.D., (405) 478-3197 Dennise Cabral (508) 586-3293 VIRGINIA Charlotte Metrolina Cage Bird Bird Fanciers of Oklahoma Berkshire Cage Bird Friends Slale coonlinalor: Society Oklahoma Cage Bird Society Unlimited Dawn Kopf (703) 368-1660 North Central Region Raleigh-Durham Caged Bird Society Boston Cockatiel Society, Inc. National Capilal Bird Club TEXAS (NORTH) Smoky Mountain Cage Bird Society James McCabe, regional vice pres. Slale coonlinalor: Boston Society for Aviculture,lnc. Parrot Breeders Association (612) 753-5241 Exotic Cage Bird Society of Peninsula Caged Bird Society PUERTO RICO Tom Squyres (817) 244-4126 New England Tri-Slate Bird Club & Foundation Coonlinator: IOWA Dallas Cage Bird Society Slale coordinator: Fort Worth Bird Club Massachusetts Cage Bird WEST VIRGINIA Assoclallon,lnc. - Randy Karg (712) 542-4190 Plano Exotic Birds Slale coordinalor: SOUTH CAROLINA Mid-America Cage Bird Society NEW HAMPSHIRE Palty Knoblauch (304) 725-5601 Slale coonlinalor: TEXAS (SOUTH) Slate coonlinator: Ted Slephens (803) 279-3374 MINNESOTA Slale coordinalor: Martin LeTourneau (603) 679-1716 Slale coordinalor: Daniel Gonzalez (512) 399-6464 Birds of aFeather Avlcultural Society TENNESSEE David Robison (612) 423-6263 Parrot People Southeastern Region Slale coonlinalor: New Hampshire AvlculluraJ Society Minnesota Companion Bird Richard Porler, MD (901) 386-1625 Northeastem Avicultural Society Willonl Pace, regional vice pres. Association Northwestern Region (601) 781-2364 Greater Memphis Bird Club NEW YORK Middle Tennessee Cage Bird Club NEBRASKA Ron Sweere, regional viCe pres. Slale coordlnalor: ALABAMA Tennessee Valley Caged Bird Club Slale coordinalor: (503) 324-2473 Slale coonlinalor: Barbara Heck (518) 766-2778 Falher John Glaves (402) 729-2058 ALASKA Broome County Bird Club Charles Reaves (205) 892-0015 VIRGIN ISLANDS GreaterOmaha Cage Bird Society Slale coonlinalor: Slale coordinalor: Finger Lakes Cage Bird Association Alabama BUdgerigar and Cockatiel Bird Club of Greater Birmingham NORTH DAKOTA Jim Bauman (907) 34-0623 -- Greater Rochester Hookbill - Slale coordinalor: Association Central Alabama Avicullure Society IDAHO FLORIDA (NORTH) - Slate coordinator: RHODE ISLAND Mid-Eastern Region SOUTH DAKOTA Arnold Davis (208) 775-3609 Slale coonll nalor: Slale coonlinalor: cal Kimura (407) 892-7661 Michaeleen Rogers, regional v. p. Slale coordlnalor: MONTANA - Central Florida Bird Breeders (419) 639-3673 Royce King (605) 393-1720 Black Hills Cage Bird Club Slale coordinator: VERMONT Association Fred Frey (406) 549-0530 Slale coordlnalor: Exollc Bird Club of Florida ILLINOIS Peler Lowry (802) 754-6494 Galnsville Bird Fanciers Slale coonllnalor: OREGON Gulf Coast Bird Club Bonnie Doane (312) 223·2117 South Central Region Slale coordinalor: Greater Chicago Cage Bird Club Imperial Bi rd Club Jack Clinlon-Eilniear, regional v.p. - Mid-Atlantic Region Panhandle Avicullure Society IIIlnl Bird Fanciers Cascade Canary Breeders Assoc. Northern Illinois Parrot Society (512) 828-5306 Southwest Florida Bird Club Emerald Exotic Bird Ciub Dallas Johnson, regional Vice pres. Sunshine Slate Cage Bird Springfield Pet Bird Club ARKANSAS Northwest Bird Club (301) 540-6198 Society,lnc. INDIANA Slale coordinalor: Rose City Exotic Bird Club DELAWARE West Florida Avian Society, Inc. Slale coonllnalor: - WASHINGTON Slale coordlnalor: FLORIDA (SOUTH) Nicole Vander Heyden, DVM KANSAS Slale coordinator: Nancy Selz (302) 798-8625 Slale coordinator: (317) 786-1826 Slale coordinator: Nalalie Weiss (206) 927-6983 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Tom Ireland (407) 968·4214 Central Indiana Cage Bird Hal Presler (316) 788-4505 -- Jeri Wrighl, legislaliveliaison Slale coordi nalor: Aviary & Cage BI rd Society of MICHIGAN Kansas Avicultural Society, Inc. (206) 838-9802 Thomas Marshall (703) 759-5978 South Florida Slale coonlinalor: Avicultural Society of Puget Sound Greater Brandon Avian Society Jane Sluart (313) 453-3465 Fine Feathered Friends MARYLAND Miami Parrot ClUb, Inc. Greater Spokane Avicultural Society Slale coordl nator: Ann Arbor Cage Bird Club Suncoast Avian Society Great Lakes Avicultural Society South Sound Exotic Bird Society Drva Clubb (301) 248-3818 Washington BUdgerigar Society, Inc. Bailimore Bird Fanciers, Inc. Lansing Caged Bird Club Del-Mar-Va Cage Bird Club Mid-Michigan Bird Club Maryland Cage Bird Society, Inc. Motor City Bird Breeders, Inc. Town & Country Feathered Friends

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