11 G GAME PKESERVEKS AND BIRD PRESER^TIRS. 



well-meaning and amiable friends may say to 

 the contrary. 



Li innumerable instances this little beast has 

 been detected while destroying eggs and young 

 birds. Asleep all day, never seen by man im-. 

 less a dog hunts him out of a hedgerow, he is 

 busy and active enough all night. Can anyone 

 doubt that he is continually finding nests, or do 

 they believe he ever passes an egg without eat- 

 ing it ? 



He has probably no enemy but man, and if 

 man did not reduce his numbers he would do 

 incalculable mischief. Our friends the bkds mil 

 catch all the insects he is supposed to destroy, 

 and we will most certainly do without him as 

 far as possible, hoping to see them much more 

 numerous in his place. 



