GAME PEE SEE VERS AND 

 BIED PEESEEVEES. 



CHAPTEE I. 



ox BIKDS GEXEEALLY AXD THE REPORT OF 

 THE COMMITTEE. 



When we find nation after nation, mailing 

 laws for the protection of wild birds, we 

 may be sure that there is a growing feeling 

 that this is absolutely necessary. A very 

 cursory glance over the mass of evidence 

 given before the Select Committee appointed 

 in 1873 to enquire into the advisability of 

 extending the protection of a close season 

 to certain wild birds not included in the 



