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Show PROTECTION FOR THE BIRDS Blue Jay Devours Many Grasshoppers, Caterpillars, Bugs, Weevils, Cut- Worms and Other Insects. Somo of our sweet song and Insectivorous In-sectivorous birds threatened with extinction ex-tinction havo at last found sanctuary In God's acres, In tho City of Brotherly Brother-ly Lovo, through tho untiring efforts of tho Liberty Bell Bird club of tho Farm Journal, which has arranged to Install bird houses, feeding bnsketB and bird baths In Wcdt Laurel Hill cometery In Philadelphia. These will bo constructed after models most approved ap-proved by bird families and arranged In an artistic manner to beautify the grounds. Tho richly colored plumago or tho happy songsters will udd a bit of brightness to tho placo of peace, and It Is hoped, tholr songs of thanks giving will uplift tho heavy heart that comes to mourn. Mr. and Mrs. Bird aro very particular particu-lar tenants, according to tho roports ol tho many members of tho Farm Jour nal Liberty Boll Bird club who have been putting up houses for thorn to oc cupy. Complaints aro dally received wi. vl Hbi3r H K JflK':H iMmEHv Rv i Blue Jay. at tho headquarters of tho club in Philadelphia, that Mr. Robin greatly prefers a house of his own structure, whilo Mrs. Wren, or tho Martins, will look In upon a now bird houso built with much caro and dccldo not to tnkt It at all, or If they movo in, they will stay a little while, then suddenly leave without notice or apparent reason. Somo older members of tho clut who aro patient bird lovers and stu donts, havo found out that bird resl dents llko individuals, havo decided tastes In the matter of homos, which must bo catered to. It has been dl3 covered that tho bluo Jay, who has ea tabllshed her Independent, economic statUB by tho number of grasshoppers caterpillars, bugs, beetles, cutworms, weevils, ticks and plant llco Bho con sumes In a flerco little militant whe demands a separate establishment fai removed from any neighbors, wltb which sljo refuses to associate. On tho othor hand, tho beautiful purpl martin maintains a dovo-llko dlsposl tlon in Bplto of a steady wasp nnd othor nggressivo Insect diet, and muBl havo company or sho will movo. She 1b happiest in a co-oporatlvo establish mont of Bomo thirty or moro apart monts. Sho lives up to tho nonro BlBtanco theory to such an extent II not protected Bho Is easily drive-away drive-away by tho quarrolsomo English sparrow. |