SECTION E 

 CONSERVATION OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES 



CHAPTER XXIX 

 PROTECTION OF BIRDS 



1. Why should birds be protected ? 



2. What is being done to protect birds? 



There are in nature certain forms of life which are of such 

 great value to man that they should be protected. Chief 

 among these are birds and forests. In order to protect 

 these adequately, the cooperation of all concerned is neces- 

 sary. The work of just one individual or of a few without 

 help from others will be of little avail. 



The subject of bird protection will be treated under three 

 headings: first, why birds should be protected; second, 

 against what they need to be protected; and third, how 

 birds are being and can be protected. 



Reasons for bird protection. Birds should be protected 

 on account of both their esthetic and economic value. 

 Studies of the food habits of birds show that birds help man 

 in three ways : by eating insect pests ; by eating weed seeds ; 

 and by eating rodent pests, such as mice and rats. 



In the government at Washington there is a branch of the 

 Department of Agriculture, called the Bureau of Biological 

 Survey. The purpose of this branch is to study the food 

 habits of birds and to determine whether these birds are 



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