THE WAY TO STUDY BIRDS 



summer and of feeding boxes in winter. Here are 

 great opportunities for service. 



Propagation: This section contains references 

 to game breeding and liberation. By all means 

 confine your efforts to native game! For years the 

 Hungarian partridge has been liberated by the 

 thousand in America. Nor is this game bird a 

 unique example. The Bullfinch and the Euro- 

 pean Goldfinch stand forth as instances among 

 the perching birds. And, on the other hand, 

 look at the few cases where acclimatization has 

 been successful. The English Sparrow is notable 

 among this class. From ornithological history 

 we find that almost without exception the im- 

 portation and liberation of foreign species either 

 has proved unsuccessful or has resulted in a 

 plague. 



The breeding in captivity and restoration of 

 our native game and bird-life is one of the largest 

 and heretofore almost untouched fields in the 

 work of bird propagation. 



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