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THE COST OF A PLUME. THE PICTURE TELLS ITS OWN TALE 

 Photographed by A. H. E. Mattingley. 



one-third of the rookery, perhaps more 

 — the birds having been shot off their 

 nests containing young. What a holo- 

 caust ! 1 'hindered for their plumes. 

 What a monument of human callous- 



ness ! There were fifty birds ruthlessly 

 destroyed, besides their young- (about 

 200) left to die of starvation! This 

 last fact was betokened by at least sev- 

 enty carcasses of the nestlings, which 



AWAITING THR END— TOO WEAK TO STAXD OR CRY FOR FOOD- 

 DEATH WILL BE A HAPPY RELEASE 

 Photographed by A. H. E. Mattingley. 



