vi PREFACE 
effective method of dealing with the English sparrow. 
My thanks are also due to several friends who have 
made valuable suggestions to me. The pen-and-ink 
drawings were made by Mr. Herman Giehler of St. 
Paul, Minnesota. 
The special Bird Day matter, it is hoped, will be 
found useful in schools. - 
I should be glad to hear from any one who may try 
to protect and attract birds by the methods and devices 
recommended, or who may have new methods and de- 
vices to communicate. I hope that in the near future 
our State Agricultural Experiment Stations will pay 
more attention to the relation of birds to our homes 
and to farming and gardening, and to the study of the 
best means for protecting them. 
D. LANGE. 
St. PAuL, MINNESOTA, 
September, 1899. 
