1/6 WILD NATURE IN STRATHEARN. 



the bird markets of many of our large towns Red 

 Linnets and other birds may be bought for one 

 penny each. In England every autumn and 

 winter many thousands of Wheatears and Larks 

 are caught in nets, killed, and sold for food ; yet 

 we bewail the decrease of our smaller song-birds, 

 and while protecting them by Act of Parliament 

 during the breeding season, allow them to be 

 destroyed wholesale in winter. 



During severe frost the swimmers Ducks, &c. 

 do not suffer in the same way, as they migrate 

 to the mouths of rivers or estuaries, or to the open 

 sea, where they can always find food. There they 

 remain until a thaw comes. 



