I am not one of those who disapprove of all introductions on principle. Still less do I subscribe to what was until very recently the 'official' view, in this and in other countries, that it was right to introduce and encourage the introduction of species 'of use for sport', but wrong to do so for aesthetic or scientific reasons. I thoroughly approve of the introduction of beautiful or interesting bir

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