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THERE new Advisory Leaflets dealing with some British birds of prey have been issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. One describes the appearance and activities of the buzzard, another those of the long-eared and short-eared owls; and in the case of each of these birds the decision is that it is beneficial and worthy of careful protection. The third leaflet discusses the tawny or brown owl and the little owl; while the former is regarded on the whole as doing more good than harm, the little owl, although it also destroys pests, has become too plentiful in many districts on account of the loss it causes to poultry-keepers and others, and is therefore in no need of protection. These leaflets with their excellent illustrations by G. E. Lodge should be widely distributed; in schools; they form the best sort of propaganda for bird protection.
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Useful Birds. Nature 138, 614 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138614b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138614b0