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ENGLISH BIRD-LIFE 



Nesting Gannets 



Jays and two Magpies while in England, and most of these 

 were in the New Forest. 



Still other species, like the Bullfinch and Goldfinch, have 

 diminished through the excessive demonstration of that 

 abortive love of birds which condemns them to captivity 

 and, usually, early death. 



On the other hand, many of the acts which have brought 

 destruction to the species mentioned have created an excep- 

 tionally favorable environment for birds like the House 

 Sparrow, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, and Skylark, 

 which, through man's agency, find some of their natural ene- 

 mies removed, their supply of food increased, and their 

 available breeding area widened. 



In America, virtually all our most abundant, widely dis- 

 tributed species, winter in the United States and hence are 

 not exposed to those destructive agencies which beset birds 

 migrating over seas. However, leaving out of consideration 



