The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-04
DAILY CRESCENT.


Tbs y.lne a. Birds. Bs HEssEr lNAHD BEEcSER.
So p,,.,,.--1lbe last Legislature enacted
,hs,fi shaii natsbe lawful in the State OF NewJer-
ssr IN any persen 10 shoot, or IN any oiher man
= T,er Nm or except upon ms own premises,
sny III ire following description OF birds; the nlght
- ',,oso,,;ta la yyk chimney swallow, martin OF
,ssvift. wnippoorwill cuckoo, kinghird or beemtar
an woodpecker, clap or highhole, catblrd, wren
bluebird, meadow lark. brown thresner, dove M
J,ird or summer redbrd, hanging bird, ground ~
81 or chewink, bobOnk rcebrd, robin, snoT IT, ~
chipping bird, blue jay and the small OWL et Se
penalty is 1--WE dollars foreaeh offence III, % ~. '"o
destruction of the eggs of such i'rus-h
What's bird good for Wlat ua,,S
MOI so fsst Although We should greatly respect
legislature that had the humanity 10 thlhA o oirus
among other constituent bipeds YET experience mas
tanob7 farmees and gardeners the economic value
There are no such indefatigable entomologists as
binis Audubon and Wilson never hunted for
specimen birds with the perseverance that birds
themselves exhibit in their researches. They de-
pasture the air. penetrate every nook and corner OF
ihiclet, hedge, and shFubbery; they search the
bark, pierce the dead wood, CLEAN the surface of
the soft, watch for the spade-trench, and follow
the furrow after worms and Larvae. A single bird
in destroys millions of insects, for It's
own food and that of its nest. No computation
can be made Of the insects which birds devour'
We do not think of another scene more lnspflI-
ing than the blowing season, In TINS iesPei e.
DlNEBlTuS are IN ln6 TOPS OF trees
scales, crows are cawing as they iazuy s"ihg
through the air toward their compahiohs Ill 1lg
tops of distant dead and dry trees rophs anu
blackbirds are wide awake, searching every elou
- that The pillow turns, and some Neiure unjust W
the farmers heels. Even boys relent, and seem
touched BY the birds appeal 10 their conhden e,
and until small fruits come, spare the birds. Bo0o,
links bsgin TO appear, the bullion among birds, and
half sing and half fzzle. How our young blood
spanked amid such scenes, we could not tell why
neither why we cried without sorrow or laughed
without mirth but only from vague sympathy
with that which was beautiful and joyous
Were there ever such neat scavengers Were
there ever such nimbe hunters! Were there ever
such adroit butchers2 No Grahamlte serupeS TO
agiate Ibis flowing and bugloving tribe. They
do notsshow their teeth to prove that they were
designed for meat They eat what they like,
wipe their mouths on limb, return thanks in
song aud wing away 10 quiet nook to doze or
mediate, snug from the hawk that spheres about
far up in the ether To be sure, birds, like men,
have a relish for variety There are no better
promologists IL we believed in TRANSPORTATION We
should b. sure that our distinguished fruit cultur
lists could b. traced home. LongDorth brown
thresher; DoJgniRg lark, sometimes in the dew
and sometimes just below the sun; Thomas was
plain and sensible rubin junior Prince "a
boboink, irrevsrently called skunk blackbird /;
Ernst dove; Parsons wo0dpeckeT; Wilder a
kingbiFd. We could put our liuger, too, upon the
human batkbiFd, wren, blneitY, and small owl
but prudence forbds as it also does tue men
ton of a certain clerical mockng. bird that makes
game of his beIters!
But we wander from the point. We charge
every man with positive dishonesty who drives
birds from his garden in fruit time The fruit is
theirs well as yours. They took care
of it as much as you d. If they had not ealer
egg, worm and bug, your fruit would have been
pierced and ruined. They only come for wages
No honest man will cheat a bird of his spring
and summers work-IadepeRdent.