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The Bird Study Book

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The fox that followed the footsteps	7
Heads and feet of various birds	11
Sample page of reporting-blank	13
The umbrella blind	18
Nest of the ruby-throated hummingbird	30
Bald Eagle's eyrie	32
Grebe or "water witch"	37
Canada Geese decoys	52
A greedy young Cowbird	58
Migration routes of some North American birds	71
Lighthouses cause the death of many birds	76
Tired migrating birds often alight on ships	79
Grouse "budding" in an apple tree	88
Cuckoo raiding a tent of caterpillars	111
Screech owl and its prey	115
Passenger Pigeons are now extinct	127
The Great Auk, now extinct	133
Terns, formerly sought by the feather trade	144
Crowned Pigeon that furnishes the "goura" of the feather trade	159
Migrative birds are protected by the Government	172
The grotesque Wood Ibis	208
Hungry young Egrets	210
Cemented holes shut out the Chickadee	216
Gourds and boxes for Martins	219
A bird bath	235
Coloring of birds upon outline drawings	257

THE BIRD STUDY BOOK

CHAPTER I

FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BIRDS

It is in spring that wild birds make their strongest appeal to the human mind; in fact, the words "birds" and "spring" seem almost synonymous, so accustomed are we to associate one with the other. All the wild riotous singing, all the brave flashing of wings and tail, all the mad dashing in and out among the thickets or soaring upward above the tree-tops, are impelled by the perfectly natural instinct of mating and rearing young. And where, pray, dwells the soul

قراءة كتاب The Bird Study Book