CHAPTER V. 



BIRDS. 



The food of birds. Relation of birds to agriculture. Utility not the 

 only measure of the value of birds. Individual birds: the 

 woodpecker, the swallow, the meadow lark, quails, sparrows, 

 the wren, the robin, bluebirds, the bobolink. 



It can truthfully be said that some things in the 

 world are very important because we cannot live 

 without them. 

 The fact is 

 that all things' 

 have a place 

 in the world, and con- 

 tribute in some way 

 or another to make 

 it a fit abode for 

 man. 



Without air or 

 water, life of all kinds 

 would soon come to 

 an end. Without 

 plants, animals would have nothing 

 to feed upon. Were all fishes of 

 one kind, some climates and some 

 waters would be without fish. In 

 the cycle of life, each individual is 

 dependent upon its surroundings, 

 but, in turn, helps to make those surroundings fit 



for others. 



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THE KINGFISHER. 



