hawks and other enemies. If yon wish game birds 

 to live on your property, yon must provide homes 

 and places of refuge for them. Simple shelters to 

 which birds learn to come for grain and gravel are 

 easily built, with hardly any expense, and may he the 

 means of carrying many birds through a hard Win- 

 ter. 



Stray dogs and house eats are great enemies of 

 game birds, particularly in the nesting season. Clear 

 your fields and woods of these animals, and give the 

 birds a chance. Dogs and eats are close hunters, and 

 break up many nests and destroy large numbers of 

 young birds. 



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