Let The Birds Be

BC. Figuier, a recent author on natural history, is a stauncb advooate tor birds agaiust the senseless prejudicoe or greedy desirea of tlu-ir destroyers. Larks, lie deolaree, unlcss protected by legiulatiTe measures, will souii b. exünci in France ; and no one, we think, oau have traveled over tho wide cultivated lands of Soul Gcrmuny without boing struck with tli. unnaturul silunce of those sunr.y plains ; 110 wonder, wheii song thrushes ire releTitlessly pursued for their delicate flesh, umi cvon. rubins aro looked upon as excellent game. As to the destructivtness of birds, we are told th'at in the " Palatinate, after sparrows were proscribéd and externiinated, the inhabitants were unlt i !ht: necrsiily ofüuporting tliom in order tö arrest the ravages of insect s, which, in consequenoe of this bird's absence, had multiplied in a foarful manner ; " and that in Norway, where laws wsra niitde for tho extüiinination of rooks, the noxious jarrubs and larvio formerly devoured by them, and consequen tly kept in check, became most formidable toes to the farmer, and most difficult to overeóme.