BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



begrudge a few sour cherries to so hard a 

 worker as a Robin ? They are only taking that 

 to which they have earned a right. Had the 

 unfortunate king known what would happen 

 if the birds were gone he would doubtless have 

 spared them. 



If all the birds have done for trees were re- 

 corded it would be much more than human 

 owners have done. Education and interest in 

 the value of birds will in time protect them 

 from the ignorance and thoughtlessness of 

 human beings. Children who learn to attract 

 and protect them, and watch and study them, 

 will never grow up to give them anything to 

 fear. They will never make the Robin, or the 

 Barn Swallow, or the Meadowlark their tar- 

 gets. With a large proportion of the human 

 race the birds are coming into their own. 



There are some, happily a very small pro- 

 portion, however, who have done dark deeds in 

 the world of birds with their eyes wide open. 

 They are those who seem to have no thought 

 for anything beyond petty dollars, and so long 

 as their dark deeds will bring them dollars 

 there is little hope for the birds they have 

 wronged. Strenuous laws may keep them in 

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