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character of our bird population will ensue. 

 The number of the species we value most would 

 be relatively larger. The change for the better 

 would come about without any direct encourage- 

 ment and protection being given ; at the same 

 time it would be an immense help if those who 

 are in charge of open spaces could be brought to 

 see that wild bird life is very much more to the 

 people of London than all the pleasant and 

 pretty things in the way of bands of music, 

 exotic flowers, and brick and stone and metal 

 ornaments, which they are providing at a very 

 considerable cost. 



STARLING 



