Show BIRD IS WORTH preserving writer depore deplores the threatened EK 4 of the beautiful and useful upland plover tile the upland plover one of tire most birds of all tile lie winged host that once abounded lit in north america Ainer lm bits been becu hunted and shot to verge of extermination says dumb animals with tile fahsing of the passenger pigeons pl geona which oven even now to ho many woods of nil all birds find it hard to bi be aleve and of which a great ninny many are not convinced the plovers were marked for whole isole destruction they were candidates for oblivion along with more than a score of other useful and beautiful species that could bo be ill spared from our vast tut and valuable nit live five fauna there la is a rny ray of boci that these birda way roay not ile I 1 pursued to complete annihilation tile federal law for the protection of migratory birds makes it possible for tile plover species to re habilitate itself provided the closed season ile he fixed to continue throughout the the upland plover Is ig a rai ml bird and an insectivorous bird its ita food consists st of 07 per cent of nut nial mal forms form which are chiefly tho worst enemies to agriculture the federal law fixes a closed season on marra tory in birds to continue throughout tile the year with the exception of tile tho bobolink or ricebird but under tha he law the plover la fir classed as aa a nil ml game aaroe bird and so BO its ita bateas fate I 1 precarious pre carlou these birds should not bo be shot allot |