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It is with some hesitation that I approach the subject of this paper, as the time has hardly arrived when we can formulate a perfectly correct digest of the economic value of our Raptorial birds. However, as no progress can well be expected without a "commencement," I have endeavoured to work out as correct a statement as our present knowledge will admit.
The enmity with which most of our Birds of Prey are regarded - even by educated men - is proverbial. This ill-feeling extends even to birds of such unquestionable utility as the owls, but in the latter case silly superstitions play an important part in their regrettable destruction. Some while back even the Transvaal Game Protection Association - an enlightened body of enthusiastic sportsmen - went so far as to propose the imposition of a reward upon every "hawk" destroyed. As a naturalist, and the secretary of our Bird Protection Committee, I felt it incumbent upon me to write a letter of protest, both from the point of view of the agriculturist and that of the naturalist. I objected to the word "hawk," pointing out that it was too wide a term, and likely to be misconstrued to such an extent that incalculable mischief would be wrought.
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- Publication date2024
- ISBN 10 1330474449
- ISBN 13 9781330474440
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages29
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