. Bird lore . hers, stands inthe midst of cultivated is largely an experiment,and is as yet too young to showresults. Most of the others areeither under partial or entireshade, or else along the edgesbetween woods and fields, suchas that shown in the should be noted that allnests are thrown down eachautumn from the whorls, aswell as from the boxes. The matters of feeding andof control of enemies were givenless attention by the writerthan they deserved, chiefly be-cause of lack of time. Thewinter feeding arrangementsat Seebach have already beenbriefly referred to, and are
. Bird lore . hers, stands inthe midst of cultivated is largely an experiment,and is as yet too young to showresults. Most of the others areeither under partial or entireshade, or else along the edgesbetween woods and fields, suchas that shown in the should be noted that allnests are thrown down eachautumn from the whorls, aswell as from the boxes. The matters of feeding andof control of enemies were givenless attention by the writerthan they deserved, chiefly be-cause of lack of time. Thewinter feeding arrangementsat Seebach have already beenbriefly referred to, and are fullyset forth in the book describ-ing Baron von Berlepschsmethods. Control of naturalenemies is effected largely bytrapping, and to some extent by shooting. An ingenious trap baited with liveEnglish Sparrows is used successfully for Sparrow Hawks,—said to be similarin size and habits to our Sharp-shinned Hawks,—which are considered theonly distinctly harmful birds of this family. The larger Hawks are not. THREE NESTING-BOXES IN POSITION ONTHE EDGE OF A SPRUCE STAND IN THEWOODS OF BARON VON are for experiments with the smaller Tits, as describedherein. Some Observations on Bird Protection in Germany 337 troubled, and are commonly seen about the grain-fields. Some of the shelter-wood plantations in the home parks are protected by a wire box-trap, withlong extending wings of wire mesh approximately at right angles to each other,and only a few feet high. Any prowling creature coming upon one of thesewings follows it up to the central trap, and, upon entering, closes the doorand is held fast until the arrival of the bird-keeper, who disposes of hiscaptive as may be thought best for the interests of the birds. Great vigilancein this work of vermin control is necessary.
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