style — that is, one answering the other — both in the same 

 key, and the same time, and in harmony so that the two 

 might have been sung together. 



From the foregoing observations it may be seen that a 

 good beginning has been made in the study of bird songs, 

 but there are great possibihties in this unfamiHar field. It 

 is a pity that the artistic accomplishments of these little 

 musicians are lost on the deaf ears of so many of us. As 

 Mr. Mathews says : "It is not one vast mediocre chorus ; it 

 is an endless variety of soloists, whose voices make up the 

 orchestra which performs every year the glad spring sym- 

 phony." 



BIRD AND ANIMAL PROTECTION 



J. A. Chapin, Middlesex 



If I were writing from the standpoint of a game warden 1 

 should have used the term, "Game Protection," but I am not 

 so writing. I believe there are other economic reasons for the 

 protection and propagation of birds and animals besides that 

 of furnishing sport in their killing. Man is waging a never- 

 ending warfare on the lower creatures for food, clothing, etc., 

 but he need not carry this to the point of wanton slaughter. 

 Different species of animals, as well as birds, prey upon each 

 other, but this is no justification for man exercising unreason- 

 able dominion over all of earth's creatures by reason of his all- 

 powerful skill and intelligence. The woods would be dull and 

 lacking in some of their chief attractions if the birds and 

 animals were not there. It seems to me that only when birds 

 or animals become distinct menaces to the well-being and com- 

 fort of mankind are we justified in making a wholesale war- 

 fare on them. 



The common birds which are our everyday companions are 

 generally protected by law as well as custom. It is well to 

 foster and build up a sentiment for this custom of leaving the 

 robin, the bluebird, the phoebe and the chickadee and all the 

 rest immune from the attack of bad boys, cats and pot-hunt- 



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