BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



All that are left of our game birds are in 

 danger of extermination. Any occasional pair 

 that might happen to venture near the habita- 

 tion of man should be carefully guarded. Un- 

 fortunately they are usually hunted until they, 

 too, are gone. 



As the land has been cleared and the birds 

 find less natural protection, the weapons for 

 their destruction have become more deadly, 

 and, with a network of railways, motor boats, 

 and motor cars, the means of reaching their 

 haunts more rapid and direct. Without greater 

 protection from man the last remains left to us 

 of the once great flocks of these shy, wild, 

 feathered things will be wiped out and we shall 

 see when it is too late that they have vanished 

 from the earth forever. 



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