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OUR VANISHING WILD LIFE
zen, and adjust himself to the laws and the customs of his new country. Why should he not do this in regard to bird life ? It is not too much to ask, nor is it too much to exact. Does the Italian workman, or store- keeper who makes his living by honest toil enjoy breaking our bird laws, enjoy irritating and injuring those with whom he has come to live? Does he enjoy being watched, and searched, and chased, and arrested,
allforafewsmallbirdsthathedoesnotneedforfood? Heearnsgood wages; he has plenty of good food; and he must be educated into pro- tectingourbirdsinsteadofdestroyingthem. TheItaliannewspapers and clergy have a serious duty to perform in this matter, and we hope they will diligently discharge it
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DEAD SONG-BIRDS
These jars contain the dead bodies of 43 valu- able insectivorous birds that were taken from two Italians in October, 1905, in the suburbs of New York City, by game wardens of the New York Zoological Society.
