Vi PREFACE 



effective method of dealing with the English sparrow. 

 My thanks are also due to several friends who have 

 made valuable suggestions to me. The pen-and-ink 

 drawings were made by Mr. Herman Giehler of St. 

 Paul, Minnesota. 



The special Bird Day matter, it is hoped, will be 

 found useful in schools. 



I should be glad to hear from any one who may try 

 to protect and attract birds by the methods and devices 

 recommended, or who may have new methods and de- 

 vices to communicate. I hope that in the near future 

 our State Agricultural Experiment Stations will pay 

 more attention to the relation of birds to our homes 

 and to farming and gardening, and to the study of the 

 best means for protecting them. 



D. LANGE. 

 ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, 

 September, 1899. 



