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4 they must be slain by hundreds? Is not their work as insect destroyers some equivalent? I have a table sprinkled with
crumbs where many birds have fed this winter I love to hear the soft flitting of their wings and to take hope from their notes
of joy. I only wish I owned a forest where all unwelcome ones could come to my domain. In their behalf I hope your immortal
pen will bequeath something to a reckless red-handed humanity. And the birds egg fad was instituted by teachers, Sunday school
teachers and christmas(?) I know many boys here who have from dozens, to hundreds, of bird's eggs. if they must be exterminated,
taking the eggs is more merciful than crippling and starving them to death. We were taught that a bird's nest was a sacred
thing, to be guarded by our love and care and 02961