A First Glance at the Birds, 



woman with her bonnet adorned with a 

 mutilated carcass. Accordingly I will 

 invite you to go afield with me to-day 

 and, if possible, get some general notion 

 of our rich treasure which is being so 

 lavishly ruined — to the end that you 

 may perhaps learn in time to know and 

 love the birds, that you may find in 

 their companionship a new sympathy 

 with the universal life which is throb- 

 bing about us, and that you may be 

 moved to lift your voice and hand to 

 arrest the slaughter of your new-found 

 friends. 



The long coast-line of California is 

 the home of innumerable species of 

 sea birds, some of which wander over 

 the boundless ocean from the Farallones 

 to the Ladrones, while others migrate 

 along its shore, coming from Alaska on 

 the north and from Patagonia on the 

 south. The diversified topography of 

 the land and the varied character of the 

 climate and plant life insures a home for 

 a great variety of land birds as well. A 

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