Protective Measures. gi 



The enthusiastic bird-lover states: " We do not protect birds 

 solely because they are useful, but chiefly from ethical and aesthetical 

 reasons, as birds give beauty and animation to Nature. We also 

 wish to preserve their species, and hence the protection of birds 

 signifies the preservation of the monuments of Nature " (66, p 18). 

 The same arguments might 'logically be advanced for the rat, the 

 mosquito, and a host of other obnoxious animals. 



From the work just quoted, I find that in 1906 on tihe Experi- 

 mental Station at Seebach, the following birds, amongst others, 

 were bred : 



200 pairs of linnets, 100 pairs of greenfinches, 5 pairs of song 

 thrushes, 5 pairs of blackbirds, 10 pairs of goldfinches, 5 pairs of 

 chaffinches, a"nd 30 pairs of starlings. 



Drinking Water. 



It has frequently been stated that one of the reasons that birds 

 attack fruit is to quench their thirst, certainly where there are 

 facilities for obtaining drinking water in the neighbourhood of 

 orchards, the fruit has not suffered to anything like the extent of 

 that where these facilities did not exist. 



Nesting Boxes. 



The provision of nesting boxes and nesting places for insecti- 

 vorous birds is to be strongly recommended, and those described by 

 Hiesemann in the work referred to above (66) meet the case 

 admirably. 



