CHAPTER XVIII 



NEED OF PROTECTION FOR BIRDS 



THE feathered creatures live in a world 

 beset by dangers. Each year hundreds 

 and thousands meet some tragic, un- 

 timely end. Many times they are overtaken 

 by storms and either perish from the elements 

 or starve to death because in a world of hurri- 

 cane and sleet and rain they cannot get their 

 food. On all sides they are in danger from 

 natural enemies of the wilds that have hunted 

 them from earliest times. But by far their 

 greatest danger has come from man and the 

 enemies that man has brought to them. When 

 one considers what the birds have done it 

 seems incredible that from him they have had 

 most to fear. 



The storms cannot be prevented, but the 



little feathered creatures need any protection 



from them that can be given. Often they are 



sadly in need of food when their natural sup- 



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