PROTECTION OF BIRDS 



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class may help in securing the foods and the boys may dis- 

 tribute it. Read pages 129-136 in Baynes' Wild Bird Guests for 

 suggestions. 



SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS FOR CLASS DISCUSSION 



1 . In which way do you think birds do more good, in eating 

 weed seeds or in eating injurious insects? 



2. What can you say regarding the amount of food that 

 birds eat ? 



3. In what ways may some birds be harmful? 



4. Which is greater, the good or harm done by hawks and 

 owls? 



5. What are the chief enemies of song birds? 



6. In what ways is man an enemy of the birds ? 



7. What can be done to protect birds from the English 

 sparrow ? 



8. What can be done to protect birds from the cat? 



9. What is the National Association of Audubon Societies 

 doing to protect birds ? 



10. What is the national government doing to protect birds? 



1 1 . What can you do to protect birds ? 



12. Look up the laws of your state regarding both the song 

 and the game birds. 



13. Find out what organizations in your locality and state are 

 interested in bird protection. What are they doing ? 



REFERENCES 



Baynes, Wild Bird Guests, E. P. Button Co., New York City. 

 Trafton, Bird Friends, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 



