108 BEYOND THE PASTURE BARS 



springs ago. The trees have been swept from the 

 hillside, the little stream has shrunken, and rush 

 and sedge are now cropped close by the cattle. 

 But the birds were not driven away. They were 

 shot! Has the new Federal law protecting mi- 

 gratory birds in all the states come soon enough 

 to save Woodcock, I wonder! 



