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THE GUIDE TO XATURE. 



NESTS IN OR NEAR OLD HOUSES. 



The haunts of phcebe, robin and house wren. 

 The yellow warbler nests in near by shrubs. 



high, low, cold, or hot to have its bird 

 or birds. The very fact that the birds 

 inhabit woods and fields, river-shores, 

 lakes and even the city streets and chim- 

 neys might lead the uninitiated to think 

 one place as good as another for bird- 

 study. Such is not the case. 



i lowever, when 1 am asked as to 

 whether or not such or such a place is 

 a good one for birds, 1 always answer. 



IN SHRUBBERY BY WALL. 

 Just the place to look for the catbird. 



"Yes." I have pursued the study in a 

 dozen states and have yet to find any 

 c< msiderable area without birds. 



When once you have acquired the art 

 of finding the birds, every locality will 

 prove fruitful. To know their likeliest 

 haunts is to know half the art of find- 

 ing birds. It is not enough to know 

 that a certain species is a woodland or a 

 river-shore or a field bird. The wood 



YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT AND 

 LAND YELLOW THROAT. 



MARY 



Also white-eye 1 vireo, brown thrasher and 

 rose-breasted grosbeak. 



RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD BY 

 THE POND. 



Little green heron nests in the maple trees in. 

 the background. 



