FOOD OF WK.ST VIRGINIA BIRDS 



CHAPTER III. 



THE PROTECTION OF USEFUL BIRDS. 



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 Why? 



If birds do good, if they help us in our work, if they are our friends, 

 they should be protected. If they do harm, if they make the work 

 we have to do more difficult, if they are our enemies, they should be 

 freed from all protection by law and by public opinion. But neither 



Photo by E. H. Forbush 

 Bluebird with food for young. 



one of these opposite theories is correct. All birds are not our friends, 

 neither are all birds our enemies. Therefore the statement must be 



