BIRDS OF PEASE MARSH 



nest box, and Mrs. Wren will follow in the 

 course of a few days. 



It may be that we miss some of the last 

 year's guests. The sad part of migration is 

 that some will fall victims to the perils by the 

 way. To the dangers of the journey that have 

 always existed, man has added many more. 

 His lighthouses are a deadly allurement. In- 

 numerable birds, attracted by the lights, strike 

 against them and are killed. Telegraph and 

 telephone wires are sometimes fatal obstruc- 

 tions to birds at night, or when struggling in 

 blinding storms. But still more serious have 

 been the ravages of the gunner and the plume 

 hunter, who find their work easiest in migrat- 

 ing season. 



Fortunately the birds have staunch friends 

 among the human beings who have long con- 

 tended that feathered travellers should be 

 wards of the Government and have safe con- 

 duct on their journeys. The International 

 Treaty between Great Britain and the United 

 States for the protection of migrating birds in 

 the United States and Canada, passed in 1916, 

 is the greatest step that has ever been taken in 

 this direction. If this law is enforced through- 

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