INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



The following pages form an admirable treatise, not only on 

 bird protection, but more than that, on bird presei'vation. 

 Game birds have long been carefully preserved by means of a 

 close season, by the destruction of their enemies, the pro- 

 vision of plantations and coverts for nesting and shelter, and 

 by feeding. 



The Baron von Berlepsch has applied the system of 

 game preservation to aU useful birds, and his methods, as 

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

 thoroughness, and have pro'ved 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. 



