BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



home to the birds that remain to nest, and a 

 resting place to those that pass on to nest 

 farther north, and the bird club will protect 

 the birds beyond the sanctuary gates. But the 

 bird club must not be confined, it should be 

 broad and far-reaching as the land where birds 

 abound. A bird club that remains a small 

 society composed of its founders and their 

 friends, or those whom they wish to have as 

 members, cannot do any great amount of good. 

 And as the largest proportion of birds are 

 found on the farms, active bird clubs should 

 have an active farm membership. 



A wide system of bird clubs could be made a 

 very complete factor in the protection of our 

 birds. Such a system should be international, 

 otherwise the birds might be protected in one 

 country and decreased in numbers in another. 

 If such a society had its headquarters in some 

 large centre, with a branch in each county, 

 .which had still smaller branches in each town- 

 ship or locality, these branches including bird 

 societies of the school children, and each so- 

 ciety pledged to protect the desirable birds, 

 giving them shelter, nesting places, food where 

 necessary, and protection from their enemies, 

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