RESTORE THE BIRDS. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 



BY PERMISSION of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture I have selected from "Farmers' Bulletin, 

 54," thirteen of our best insectivorous birds, 

 as prepared by F. E. L. Beal, B. S., for use in this 

 work, the government charging only the actual cost of 

 making the "cuts.'' This is one of the numberless 

 examples where our government shows its pleasure in 

 co-operating with the citizen in efforts for general 

 betterment. By the same courtesy the cut of the 

 elm-leaf beetle is permitted to be used. It gives me 

 great pleasure to make this acknowledgment, as I feel 

 confident that the general public do not realize fully 

 what grand work the various departments of our 

 government are doing. Instead of talking about what 

 "the government ought to do," let us help it to ac- 

 complish what it is already trying to perform. 



With thanks to Agricultural Department, 



JOHN DAVEY. 



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