And Capri In the other Latin Peninsula the conversion of
Capri into a bird sanctuary, under the inspiration of that kindly genius, Dr. Axel Munthe, is proving, I am told, an infectious example. Though many small birds are killed for food, as in Southern Spain, and some shot for sport, so called, as in Southern France, the use and beauty of birds are appreciated more fully than ever before ; and swallows especially have a better chance of migrating safely on both the northerly and southerly journey. " The Green Rising " so called and the additional emphasis set by all European organizers on the land have helped the birds. They are advertised as " the farmers' friends " even in those parts of France where the Sunday " sportsman " is most active ; and even before the dismemberment of the Dual Monarchy some Hungarian farmers (who came to the previous Congress in England) were eager apostles of bird protection. They believed even in the rook, if its numbers were not excessive.
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