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Show Birds of Montana. "I can remember," said -an old resident resi-dent of Miles city, "when there were only a scattering few of ong birds in this section of Montana. Today there are American birds of every description, descrip-tion, the robin, the meadow lark, the yellow hammer, blackbird, the wren, the dove, catbird, kingfisher and in fact every kind except the English sparrow. There are more of these birds every year. "The English sparrows, so common in eastern cities, have not as yet gained a place in Montana, and taking in consideration the trouble they cause, they are not to be encouraged. Of course there has always been the cowbird in this state, but the real blackbird has only been coming in recent re-cent years.'" |