. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. 6 or ''sparrows" in a general way, just as wadinj^ birds are all "snipes" and unknown grebes and ducks "; At the present time we cannot i)resent material which will help the bird student to identify all of our birds, since our chief aim here is to create a correct sense of the value of birds, and to foster a desire to protect them. If we create this desire to protect birds we have practically won our cause, for the protection of birds is certain to lead to a closer study, more careful iden
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. 6 or ''sparrows" in a general way, just as wadinj^ birds are all "snipes" and unknown grebes and ducks "; At the present time we cannot i)resent material which will help the bird student to identify all of our birds, since our chief aim here is to create a correct sense of the value of birds, and to foster a desire to protect them. If we create this desire to protect birds we have practically won our cause, for the protection of birds is certain to lead to a closer study, more careful identification, and eventual understanding of them. Fortunatelv, because of their humanitarian instincts, most people who do not know our birds very well, or are not aware of their value, have an innate desire to protect them. There are those who seem to have no sense of conservation however, who w^ould kill anv wild creature without concern in the effect of such killing. There is also a locally increasing foreign-born element in our popu- lation which has a perverted sense of the value of birds, and which must learn either gracefully or by rigid enforcement of law that our wild-life is a valued possession of the people at large. For use in dealing wath these, and such as these, then; for the en- couragement of all organizations which will welcome any recent word on conservation of natural resources: for use of schools where developing citizens will benefit by any up-to-date discussion of a subject of vital importance to them ;-for such uses as these is this bulletin written with the hope that its sincerity will be understood and appreciated. No attempt has been made to plead the cause of birds more urgently than their good (pialities honestly warrant. To some readers it may seem that our defense of l)ird-life is not strong enough ; but these will surely sense our desire to be as just to every living creature as is possible in a consideration of the prob- lems of wnld life conserva
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