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successful at Seebach, probably because there were sufficient and more 

 desirable places for nests to be found there. 



Excellent provision has also been made, by means of plantations 

 in the pond of the home park and on its banks, for water-fowl, some 

 species of which have lately decreased so noticeably that great stress 

 should be laid on their preservation. Water-plants, such as reeds, 

 flags, and sedges, and bushes hanging over the water, provide ample 

 shelter and places for nesting. 



Wild duck breed on the shore, the nest of the moorhen is found under 

 the branches of a bush of dogwood, on the surface of the water floats 

 the nest of the little grebe, and that of the kingfisher is on the bank. 

 It is very interesting to see these birds diving and swimming in the 

 water with their young. 



Baron von Berlepsch intends to pay particular attention in future 

 to experiments dealing with protection of water-fowl. The pond is 

 a very suitable place, because it is directly connected, by means of 

 a ditch, with the neighbouring brook, which serves as a good means of 

 attracting the birds that pass that way. 



Owners of parks and similar grounds, and especially those persons to 

 whom the care of these places is entrusted, such as gardeners and 

 others, should bear in mind the hints given above; or, better still, 

 they should seek instruction by a visit to Seebach itself. 



Who would not like to attract as many of our feathered favourites 

 as possible to his own garden, park, etc., where they not only enliven 

 Nature by their song and their bright ways, but act as watchful 

 guardians, attacking all kinds of harmful insects ? 



(c) Special Measures. 



A few measures taken at Seebach must be mentioned in order to 

 complete the directions given above : 



- 1. The fallen leaves in the shrubberies, park and wood, must be 

 left on the ground as far as this is compatible with other considerations. 

 The birds find their food under the leaves, and are warned of the 

 approach of their enemies by the rustling of the leaves. Experiments 

 carried out in the shelter- woods have proved how important this is, 

 for those parts of the wood where the ground had been cleared of dry 

 leaves were avoided by birds in a striking manner. 



