[Ads-l] "endangered species" antedated to 1865 (& New Yorker cartoon caption)

[Stephen Goranson]

The Ibis [London], new series no. 2, April, 1865, “Mr. G. D. Rowley on certain Facts in the Economy of the Cukco,” p. 185 [HathiTrust *]:
“This purpose [two eggs of different colours in one nest] is very easy to understand: under the arrangement originally hit upon, nature would make surer and easier the existence of the otherwise endangered species.”
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The New Yorker cartoon caption contest this week includes voting on three captions, one from me.
If interested, scroll down here:
https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/contest#finalists
Cartoon Caption Contest | The New Yorker<https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/contest#finalists>
This week’s contest. Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit your caption below, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite.
www.newyorker.com


Stephen Goranson

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c052087642&view=1up&seq=205&q1=%22endangered%20species%22




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