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We would urge all governments, local authorities, societies, and 

 private individuals who wish to carry out successfully the protection 

 of birds to make full use of this opportunity. In the interest of the 

 good cause we ought to be grateful for the opportunity afforded us of 

 seeing with our own eyes what has been done, in addition to using the 

 excellent books on this subject, so that time and money need no longer 

 be wasted in useless experiments.* 



This account of the experimental station at Seebach will be followed 

 by a description of the measures taken by Baron von Berlepsch to 

 introduce a rational system of protecting birds. They are as follows : - 



1. Creating opportunities for breeding (a) for birds that build 



in holes ; (6) for birds that build in the open. 



2. Winter feeding. 



3. Fighting the enemies of birds. 



Actual success can only be attained by carrying out these measures 

 in close connection with each other. One measure may perhaps be 

 of greater importance than the other. None of them must be neglected, 

 or the result of our efforts will be incomplete. 



* The author considers it advisable, in view of various incidents, to draw 

 immediate attention to the necessity for close observation of the Berlepsch 

 measures. No good is effected by superficial treatment, which does not make 

 clear the actual nature of these arrangements, of which the smallest detail is 

 important. This superficiality leads to very serious mistakes in descriptions 

 of the Berlepsch system for the protection of birds. Success in protecting 

 birds is the result of close study of what seem to be the veriest trifles, such as 

 Nature herself prescribes. 



