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UEADS. 



It has been cleaily sliown on previous pages that, 

 except ill llie couuties of Crawford and Lawrence, 

 tliere is a strong sentiment in Pennsylvania few tlie 

 euaclnient of bounty laws. 



At every session of our Legislature for many years 

 past scalp 01' bounty measures were presented and it 

 was only by the most energetic work both in commit- 

 tee and on the Hoors of the Senate and House thai 

 bills including numerous species of birds and mam- 

 mals were defeated. The fact that a few species of 

 Hawks and one or two kinds of Owls are very de- 

 structive to poultry and game, has caused such a uni- 

 versal prejudice against the raptorial birds that every 

 one whi(?h is known by the name "Hawk" or "Owl" is 

 placed on the black list and a bounty is advocated for 

 its destruction. 



A FEATHERED PEST. 



The English Sparrow is justly despised by farmers, 

 horticulturists, naturalists and all other persons who 

 love and desire to protect our native song and insec- 

 tivorous birds. The bad habits of the English Spar- 

 row are so well-known that a number of farmers' 

 clubs, Pomona and subordinate grange organizations 

 throughout the State have, in recent years, when 

 called upon to express an opinion concerning this bird, 

 favored, by almost unanimous votes, a bounty to be 

 paid by the State fo^r his miserable head. The enmity 

 against the English Sparrow is so pronounced in our 

 farming communities that at an annual meeting of tlie 



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