CONTENTS 



PART 1 



I. Introductory 



II. Birds' Nests and Eggs .... 



III. Egg-Collecting and its Object 



IV. Photographing Nests and Young Birds 

 V. Hints on the Rearing and Keeping of Birds 



VI. Notes 



Approximate Dates when Birds Begin to Nest 



PART 



I. Open Nests on the Ground, in Open Fields, Marshes, 



AND Generally Open Country . . . .35 

 II. Open Nests in Woods, Thickets, Swampy Thickets . 52 

 III. Covered or Arched Nests on Ground : 



Part I. Open Country 73 



Part II. In Woods and Thickets ... 74 



