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Excerpt from Bird Guide: Water Birds, Game Birds and Birds of Prey East of the Rockies
What TO make note of. - What is the nature of the locality whereseen° marsh, shore, woods, etc.? If in trees does it sit upright or horizontal? If on the ground, does it run or walk, easily or with difficulty? If in the water, can it swim well, can it dive, does it swim under water, can it ?y from the water easily, or does it have to patter over the surface before ?ying? What does it seem to be eating? Does it have any notes? Does it ?y rapidly; with rapid wing beats or not; in a straight line or otherwise? Does it sail, or soar? In ?ocks or singly? These and hundreds of other questions that may suggest themselves. Are of great interest and importance.
A plea TO sportsmen. - Many of the birds shown in this book are Game Birds, that is, birds that the law allows you to shoot at certain seasons of the year. Some of these are still abundant and will be for numbers of years; others are very scarce and if they are further hunted, will become entirely ex terminated in two or three years. Bow-whites are very scarce in New England; Prairie Hens are becoming scarce in parts of the west; the small Curlew is practically extinct, while the larger ones are rapidly going. In behalf of all bird lovers, we ask that you refrain from killing those species that you know are rare, and use moderation in the taking of all others. We also ask that you use any in?uence that may be yours, to further laws prohibiting all traffic in birds. The man who makes his living shooting birds, will make more, live longer and die happier, tilling the soil than by killing God's creatures. We do not, now, ask you to refrain from hunting entirely, but get your Sport at your traps. It takes more skill to break a clay pigeon than to kill a quail.
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