. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF BIRDS 141 knowledge about the birds, and to arouse a more general in- terest in their protection. The idea originated with Professor C. A. Babcock, of Oil City, Pa. In Mav, 1894, a day was observed there as Bird Day, and tire schools of other cities soon followed this example. Now the day is a regular feature of the school calendar of several stales, and in some of them its observance is even recognized by law. Education is very proper!}- recognized as one of the most. Fig. 26. Young firosbeaks. im
. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF BIRDS 141 knowledge about the birds, and to arouse a more general in- terest in their protection. The idea originated with Professor C. A. Babcock, of Oil City, Pa. In Mav, 1894, a day was observed there as Bird Day, and tire schools of other cities soon followed this example. Now the day is a regular feature of the school calendar of several stales, and in some of them its observance is even recognized by law. Education is very proper!}- recognized as one of the most. Fig. 26. Young firosbeaks. important factors in bird protection. Courts of law and officers are not as effective for this puqjose as a strong sentiment in school children in favor of the birds. For the small boy is most destructive of the local song Ijirds. By education proper sentiments can be instilled into tlie boys that w'ill remain with them as men, and, not least in importance, the girls can be taught to see the cruelty of wearing birds' plumage and to abhor the fashion for that reason when they grow up. Bird Day should be the culmination rather than the be- ginning of bird study. After the birds have been studied. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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