INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



THE following pages form an admirable treatise, not only on 

 bird protection, but more than that, on bird preservation. 

 Game birds have long been carefully preserved by means of a 

 close season, by the destruction of their enemies, the provision 

 of plantations and coverts for nesting and shelter, and by feeding. 



The Baron von Berlepsch has applied the system of game 

 preservation to all useful birds, and his methods, as recorded 

 in this book, are convincing by reason of their very thoroughness, 

 and have proved most successful. 



The essential part of the plan is the provision of suitable 

 nesting places, special attention having been given -to birds 

 which nest in holes. 



Detailed description is given of the method of growing and 

 pruning bushes in such a manner as to provide suitable nesting 

 sites for warblers, etc. 



Directions are also given as to feeding in winter, and it will 

 be noticed that the birds which benefit most by Baron von 

 Berlepsch's system are those which are most useful to Agriculture 

 and Forestry. 



M. BEDFORD. 



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