Show birds grasshoppers and fish A strong protest Is being made in south australia against the contin continual slaughter of such birds as the ibis the egret cranes and spoonbills to supply the demands of milliners the slaughter Is objectionable not only as destroying some of the most beautiful and interesting creatures of nature but according to the journal of agri culture also as rendering south aue aus ever more prone to plagues of 0 grasshoppers and Is a prime cause of the decline ot of its fish resources As the wading birds disappear the crustaceans that destroy fieh fish pawn spawn increase loo ease la U multitude |