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BIRD WORLD. 



who ought to be their chief protectors and friends, 

 are often their worst enemies ? 



Men can do them more harm than all their other 

 enemies combined. They hunt the old birds for food, 

 and sometimes for mere amusement ; and thought- 

 less boys take their eggs to gratify a passing whim. 

 Women wear the feathers and even the bodies of birds 

 on their hats. If every one could come into Bird 

 World as we have done, and could learn to know and 

 love the birds, I think the Feathered Folk would have 

 one less enemy, and by and by be much more happy 

 and confiding. 



Fig. 30.— The Bluebird. 



