. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 7. Game protection; Birds. 10 if not atlually more, when ihcv capture numerous small insects. Tlie ])ursuit of food is a killing;- process, direct or indirect. Jinion,^- all livini^- creatures of the earth, j-alse sentimentality is tlie sort of tliini;- which brands a hoy morally had hecause he wants to collect a hir(r> eo-o". or which ima.^ines that such fables as "Poor Cock R«.lMn" ha\e some scientilic t'oundation. The trul\- hroud-minded bird-student realizes that it is a normal predatory instinct in the 1m)y which attends a pe
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 7. Game protection; Birds. 10 if not atlually more, when ihcv capture numerous small insects. Tlie ])ursuit of food is a killing;- process, direct or indirect. Jinion,^- all livini^- creatures of the earth, j-alse sentimentality is tlie sort of tliini;- which brands a hoy morally had hecause he wants to collect a hir(r> eo-o". or which ima.^ines that such fables as "Poor Cock R«.lMn" ha\e some scientilic t'oundation. The trul\- hroud-minded bird-student realizes that it is a normal predatory instinct in the 1m)y which attends a period of his .^-rowth that leads him into the field to kill and ])lunder. Mis desire to collect specimens should not be thou,i^ht bad or e\en unde>irable. It should simplv be di- rected into the channels which brin^- about a desire to ])rotect wild life and alTord the .i,n-eatest real satisfaction to the boy. We are Jtware that some boys with j^uns become ruthless in their killing^, haws exist for the re^fulation of such boys; but 1 am heartily in >ym]);ithy with the \un,i;- cha]) who wants to assend)le some sort ct a nature-study collection, and if ])roperly advised and encoura.^-ed the 1)oy'> experience with natural historv obiects mav be am<»n«»- the most valuable dexelopini^ factors in his life. Our particular consideration at ]»resent is directed, however, to- ward the aesthetic value of birds. When we rate so ^dilv these intaujL^ible (pialities of our birds let it not be thomrht that we are. I"lint(nrrH|(h liv .1. Wurron .Twf>.ili« 1\'., YOLX(, I'L Kl'LK MARTIXS L\ THKIk XKSTIXCi BOX YOun-K^ Martins consume an enormous amount of insect food daily, colony IS an aesthetic and economic asset to anv ; \ Martin 11 fc>r<^ettint^ their pronounced economic value. The splendid work of the staff of the I'dolo^ical .Survey of the I'nited States Depart- ment of Aj^riculture. and other scientists, in amassini^- facts from a detailed stud
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