To the Editor of the "Noxra-Cuina Dany News."
Sm—I would thank' you for a little "space in your widely read paper with regard to an incident that I witnessed this morning and which I consider to be most unsportsmanlike and jolly cruel and hard to believe a man could do such Tike. Alongside of the house I live in is an open field with a few houses here and there between Avenue Dubail and Pere Robert. It is only small field with a couple of large trees where every morning one can hear a thrush, dove or blackbird singing to hig heart's content and it is really a pleasure to listen to them, Whilst dressing at 7.30 I heard the report of a gun and looking jour from the window I saw a man taking aim at a thrush which had Just left a tree and was soaring upwards. He fired a second shot and T sav the poor bird slowly and gently circle downwards and recefully ahd he come down that hard to believe he wounded.
He finally landed in he his Jdone for, he had sung his last song. The man looked quite pleased that he had got a magpie! turned and walked a little further away, picked up another unfortunate bird and then walked away left the poor wounded thrush to suffer goo Me knows how long. I do hope th man will keep away from this field and leave our beautiful little songators alone, (what few remain), and I hope he reads this letter. In England and America I know he would think twice before he would shoot singing birds, and if he did he would be dealt with by the authorities. T am, ete.,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.