A Guide to the Study of 

 the Home-Life of Birds 



Consult the following references in the revised 



edition of Chapman's ^Handbook of Birds 



of Eastern North America* : 



PAGE 



How to make an Observation Blind . ii 



Chronological table of nesting-dates 



Nesting-site, character of, 



Material used in the nest 



Construction of and character of the 

 nest ...... 



Is the nest-building habit instinctive or 

 inherited? ..... 



Number, size, shape and color of eggs 



Incubation, time of . . . 



69 

 71 



73 



74 



76 



77 

 79 



The Young Bird; condition of hatching 79 

 Food of the young . . . .80 



Defence of the young . . . .81 



Nest Sanitation 81 



Development of the feeling of fear . 82 

 First Flights 82 



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