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tions were asked. "How many times a day are they fed?" 

 "Does the father help in the feeding?" "What kinds of food do 

 the parents bring?" "How long before they will fly?" 



Robin's nest on the sill of a vine-framed window of a schoolroom. 



These questions gave us a starting point. Here were problems 

 which had arisen in a perfectly natural way. How should they 

 be solved? Of course, the only way would be by careful and 

 constant observations. We discussed the value of making such 

 observations; what others had done on the same or similar prob- 

 lems, and decided that the undertaking was well worth while. 



As the room was unoccupied at the time and furnished with 

 desks, the class decided to move in and live as much as possible 

 with the birds. The observations necessary to solve the prob- 



