Z GAME PKESERYERS AXD BIRD rRESER^T:RS. 



Wild Birds Preservation Act of 1872 will 

 show how useful these creatures are to man, 

 and this evidence may be considered a sum- 

 mary of all that is known about birds up to 

 the present time. 



If the subject were more generally under- 

 stood, every owner or occupier of land would 

 be a bird preserver, and consequently a game 

 preserver, and no laws for their protection 

 would be necessary. 



It is no exaggeration to state that if birds 

 could be exterminated our fields and gardens 

 would in a few years scarcely repay the expense 

 of cultivation, or, as Mr. Cordeaux expresses it, 

 ' farming would be practically impossible with- 

 out birds,' while the extermination of our game 

 birds would cause a loss of an income of many 

 thousands a year to our landowners, and a loss 

 of hundreds of tons of delicious food to the 

 general public. 



Leaving out of the question for the moment 

 the Grallatores and Natatores, all harmless and 



