72 FACTS FROM THE FIELD. 



birds under the cloak of the Sparrow Bounty Law. Let us 

 hope that things may not be ever thus. Since it is becoming 

 better known that the help of birds is essential to the suc- 

 cessful culture of flowers, vegetables, fruits, and crops, by 

 the destruction of insects, may we be able in the near future 

 to furnish ample protection for these our friends. 



