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relentlessly persecuted, the meadow mice are likely soon 

 to multiply to an alarming extent, sometimes destroying the 

 crops in whole fields. 



OBSERVATIONS FOR PUPILS 

 BIRDS IN MEADOWS AND PASTURES 



1. Make a list of the most important grass-feeding insects in your 

 locality. 



2. Make a list of the birds you have seen upon the ground in pas- 

 tures or meadows, or both. 



3. Make a list of the birds that build their nests on the ground in 

 pastures and meadows. 



4. Read as many of the following references as are accessible : 



Farmers' Bulletin 54, pages 15-28. The Bird Book, pages 248-253. Birds in 

 their Relations to Man, pages 137-144, 158-171. Useful Birds and their Protection, 

 pages 76-80, 310-333. 



