Show DONT KILL THE CAT BIRDS A prominent resident of this city was talking about birds the other day and he rehearsed a circumstance that read almost like a tragedy the gentleman is an observer of birds and he like all other residents of this section is both bothered dred by the sparrows in his orchard barn and around his hia premises generally one day ho he noticed a cat bird in the tree and there were no sparrows within several trees of that p particular one the cat bird changed its location alighting in ill a ree where hundreds of sparrows had taken refuge there was a screaming and chirping to the accompaniment compani ment of fluttering wings as he sparrows made frantic efforts to set get out of the tree and away to some safer ater spot the citizen watched this bird each day and finally more of the same specie came with a resultant depletion in the population of sparrows on the premises in III fact wherever the cat bird made its appearance the sparrows promptly de camped as fast as their little wings could carry them no more destructive creature among the feathery tribe exists than the cow common comman english sparrow they simply overrun everything ever thing and make life miserable many times so bad have they become in some parts that a bounty has been placed upon them and war has been waged for or their extermination if cat birds are a solution to the problem of getting rid of these pests then that bird alight ought to be protected and encouraged in its propagation the gentleman referred to above is under the impression that the boys are killing the cat bird a thing they should not do and these few lines are written by way of enlightenment to those who may not be acquainted with the habits and value of this particular bird in aiding the country to exterminate tile the sparrow |