THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



tended discussion of this important measure seems 

 justifiable at this time. 



When, in 1913, the first breath of autumn swept 

 over the tule sloughs and reedy lakes of the North- 



Migrative Birds Are Protected by the Government 



west, the wild fowl and shore birds of that vast region 



rose in clouds, and by stages began to journey toward 



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