CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Foreword ....... iii 



PART I 



WHY BIRDS NEED PROTECTION 



CHAPTER 



I . An Introduction to Some Winter Guests i 



II. The Destruction of Birds by the Ele- 

 ments AND BY Disease . . lo 



III. The Destructiojj of Birds by Their 



Natural Enemies .... 20 



IV. The Destruction of Birds by Man and 



BY Certain Animals for Whose 

 Presence Man is Responsible . 39 



PART II 



WHY IT is worth WHILE TO GIVE BIRDS PROTECTION 



V. The Money Value of Birds . . .81 



VI. The ^Esthetic and Moral Values of 



Birds 115 



xiii 



