CONSERVATION OF GAME BIRDS. 569 



value, and I lie ^juric })ir<I.s jjosscss (jiialilics and ;il lril)iil(\s 

 wJiicli ill llii.s rcspccl phicc lliciii lii^li jiiiioii^' ol licr .s|)<'(i<>.s. 



Tlic liiiiiliti^- iiisliiicl will iiol down. Il is in I lie Mood of 

 Ihe l^iiiropoari and I lie Anicriciiii. (ijinic hirds are anion^' ils 

 leglLlmale objecLs. Kxlerniin;ile llie ^ani(! birds and oilier 

 speeies most, eerlainly will follow. JVoleel and inerease (lie 

 ^aiiie birds iind I hose niosl eonecrned in killing llicni, (lie 

 sporlsnicn, Ix'coine I lie best friends of I lie non^aine birds. 



'J'lie ^reiilesl beneficiaries of an increased ^anie supi)ly and 

 the eslablislinieni of ^aine i)reserves are llie })irds t}ienis(;lves. 

 They are well taken care of, well fed, and, as staled elsewhere, 

 f^ainc preservin^^ increases the ninn})ers of })ot}i ^anie and 

 nonganu; l)irds. 



Where (he ^anie birds jire now niosI liiinlcd lliey most 

 need |)roleclion to prevent exlinclion. I say most empluili- 

 cally to the l)ird i)rotectionist, coti.serre the game hird.s. Here 

 is where all bird protection begins. (Jame conservation will 

 reduce the numl)ers of birds of i)rey, but it will not exterminate 

 them, as all intelligent ^^ame preservers eventually learn I hat 

 it is unwise to exterminate any bird. 



(Jame conservation will increase; llie numbers of insecliv- 

 orous birds because of the better condili(jns it makes for 

 their protection. It gives them safe refuges from the hunter 

 and reduces their natural enemies. The great number of 

 small birds in the northwestern P^uropean countries — a much 

 greater number relatively llian is found in the Ignited Slates — 

 is in pari the result of the system of gnme preserving, which so 

 protects and increases the smaller l)irds that, in si)ite of the 

 fact that millions of them are killed for food and sport in 

 .southern Europe, they still are produced annually in such 

 enormous numbers that the slaughter in the south has no 

 noticeable effect in the north. The insectiroroiis birds are the 

 chief beneficiaries of the system of game preserving. 



Methods of Attracting Water-fowl. 



Those who are accustomed to the presence of water-fowl 

 find that the inland waters of New England have lost much of 

 their attractiveness. They .seem dreary and blank in their 



