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in the public schools. This was encouraged chiefly from the child's 

 standpoint, on account of the educative value of this kind of work 

 on the child. Furthermore, from the standpoint of the birds, this 

 means of encouraging and protecting them is a very efiicient one, 

 which may be applied by all bird lovers, adults as well as children. 

 Hence this book has been written from two viewpoints, that of 

 the birds, and that of human beings; for the protection of the for- 

 mer, and pleasure of the latter. The book abounds in suggestions 

 and contains numerous records of value as contributions to natural 

 history. 



