. Birds in town & village, by . that of the person who maliciously barks a EXOTIC BIRDS FOR BRITAIN 191 shade tree in a park or public garden—but whoexcuse their action by saying that such birds musteventually get shot, and that those who first seethem might as well have the benefit. The presenceof even a small number of exotic species in ourwoods and groves would no doubt give rise toa better condition of things; it would attractpublic attention to the subject; for the birds thatdelight us with their beauty and melody shouldbe for the public, and not for the few barbariansengage
. Birds in town & village, by . that of the person who maliciously barks a EXOTIC BIRDS FOR BRITAIN 191 shade tree in a park or public garden—but whoexcuse their action by saying that such birds musteventually get shot, and that those who first seethem might as well have the benefit. The presenceof even a small number of exotic species in ourwoods and groves would no doubt give rise toa better condition of things; it would attractpublic attention to the subject; for the birds thatdelight us with their beauty and melody shouldbe for the public, and not for the few barbariansengaged in exterminating them; and the col-lector would find it best to abandon his evilpractices when it once began to be generallyasked, if we can spare the rare, lovely birdsbrought hither at great expense from China orPatagonia, can we not also spare our own king-fisher, and the golden oriole, and the hoopoe, thatcomes to us annually from Africa to breed, butis not permitted to breed, and many other equallybeautiful and interesting species?.
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