CONTENTS 



I. UTILITY AND ECONOMY OF BIRDS 

 IN THE WAR 



PAOB 



1. BIRDS AS MESSENGERS . . .; 3 



2. BIRDS AS CROP PROTECTORS , . 2Q 



3. BIRDS AS FOOD . , x . * ? . 42 



4. BIRDS' EGGS AS FOOD .> . :\ go 



II. SUFFERINGS OF BIRDS IN THE 

 WAR 



5. EFFECT OF THE WAR ON BIRDS IN 



CAPTIVITY, AND DURING SEVERE 

 WEATHER * . *.* . 67 



6. DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS AT SEA * 75 



7. EFFECT OF AIR-RAIDS AND AIR-CRAFT 



ON BIRDS . V V" < 80 



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