. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . at hornedis incapable of reform. The little screech-owl is almost always beneficial on ac-count of the numbers of mice it often de-stroys, but individual screech-owls areoften destructive to bird life. Crows and jays will bear seem to be good crows and jays,and then again individuals among themof exceeding bad habits, as many a long-sufi^ering bird family knows to its sorrow. In many places the English sparrowsare pests and should be shot and trappedrelentlessly. They are pretty cannybirds, and if on
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . at hornedis incapable of reform. The little screech-owl is almost always beneficial on ac-count of the numbers of mice it often de-stroys, but individual screech-owls areoften destructive to bird life. Crows and jays will bear seem to be good crows and jays,and then again individuals among themof exceeding bad habits, as many a long-sufi^ering bird family knows to its sorrow. In many places the English sparrowsare pests and should be shot and trappedrelentlessly. They are pretty cannybirds, and if once they learn you are af-ter them with a gun they quickly desertthe premises. If, owing to surroundingconditions, gunning for them seems un-desirable, traps may be used with tellingeffect. There are several kinds in use inthis country. Last, but not least, the black snakeshould be killed whenever found; itslarge size, great acti\ity, tree-climbingpropensities, and taste for eggs and smallbirds have fairly won for it the reputa-tion of being one of the birds Photograph by George Shiras, 3rd BIRDS CAN TAKE TtlEIR OWN PICTURES (SEE PAGES IOI-IO4) After trying vainly for more than an hour to photograph comparatively tame buzzardsand vultures, Mr. George Shiras, 3rd (the inventor of flashlight photography of wild animalsand birds, and of a method by which animals and birds take their own photographs), aban-doned the blind behind which he had been concealed and set out his automatic camera withstring and bait. On returning in about half an hour he found the bait gone, and the develop-ment of the plate some hours later revealed the above picture of a black Florida vulture andtame buzzards. Consult numerous articles by Mr. Shiras in the Nation.\l Geographic Maga-zine.
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