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ICni’lish sj)arro\v and its nest when they see it, and the 
fanners conld protect themselves likewise. Hoys should 
never he allowed to do this kind of work. The shooting 
of Eno^lish s})arrows should he absolutely forbidden. A 
(Irand Rapids daily, under an editorial entitled ‘‘The Spar- 
row Hounty,” says: “The money paid for bounties is worse 
than thrown away. Xot only does it not materially reduce 
the sparrow' population, but is an encouragement of fraud 
and an incitement to acts of cruelty by boys,” and ends the 
article by saying. “A w'ar of extermination by boys with 
toy pistols and sling-shots should not be tolerated. Such a 
war is cruel to birds, bad for the boys and wasteful of the 
public funds.” Let us unite in presenting these facts before 
our law-makers. 
By courtesy of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 
Martin House. 
