. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . to some extent the presentpri\ileges of sportsmen, the\- should notcomplain, since the ultimate result of thelaw, if it be enforced, will be largely toincrease the number of our game it then somewhat curtail the privi-leges of the present generation of sports-men, it will at least insure to future .gen-erations the peri^etuity of our game birfls. Here it may be pointed out that if thel)resent ^ligratorv Rird Raw, now Iieforethe Ignited States vSupreme Court, shouldfail to meet the test of legal require
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . to some extent the presentpri\ileges of sportsmen, the\- should notcomplain, since the ultimate result of thelaw, if it be enforced, will be largely toincrease the number of our game it then somewhat curtail the privi-leges of the present generation of sports-men, it will at least insure to future .gen-erations the peri^etuity of our game birfls. Here it may be pointed out that if thel)resent ^ligratorv Rird Raw, now Iieforethe Ignited States vSupreme Court, shouldfail to meet the test of legal requirementsand be pronounced invalid, bird conser-\ationists need not be discouraged, sincetwo courses are open ; first, so to amendthe law that it will stand every legal test:■econd, to ribtain a constilutiiinal amend-■nent which will effect the desired end. .Amendments to our constitution areproverbially difficult to secure, but whocan doul)t that with the widespread in-terest in bird life of the present genera-tion of .Vmericans such an amendmentcan be obtained in due 154 AMERICAN GA:\IE BIRDS 155 SPORTSMEN AS CONSERVATORS OF GAME There are many good citizens in theUnited States who believe that huntingis wrong and who consider all sportsmenarch enemies of wild life. There aresportsmen and sportsmen, and the genu-ine lover of gun and dog will almost in-variably be found to be a lover of natureand at heart a conservationist of wild life. Be the sportsman what he mav, thesportsmen of the United States, as abody, constitute a very important factorin the present struggle to keep wild crea-tures from total extinction. ^lany of uswho love -wild life and who long agoabaufloned the use of the gun, neverthe-less belie\e that game exists for reasonsother than esthetic. Only extremists in-sist that all animal life is sacred and muston no account be taken. ISirds, in addi-tion to their esthetic value and their im-portance as allies of the farmer in hiswarfare on insects, are import
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