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economic, aesthetic, and moral the writer be- 

 lieves that it is the duty of every civilized com- 

 munity to take its part in a great world-wide 

 campaign for the conservation of bird life, and 

 he knows of no more practical way to do this 

 than by the organization of a bird club whose 

 principal object is the care of the local birds. 

 If this little book helps to inspire its readers 

 to organize such bird clubs in their respective 

 towns and assists them in their efforts to do 

 something for the birds, whether they succeed 

 in organizing a bird club or not, it will have 

 accomplished the object for which it was written. 



E. H. B. 



MERIDEN, N. H., 

 May i, 



