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 Till- illustrations iu Pearson's liird tStudij Book are well chosen for suggestiveness and help enforce 

 upon the reader a new friendly intimacy with birds and a new desire to protect them. The student of 

 nest architecture is impressed by the assortment of materials used and the diversity of situations chosen 

 even among closely related species. The nest of the wild bird is merely a cradle for its young; birds have 

 never evolved the habit of building nests for their personal protection, even for the cold and snowy days 

 of winter. (Photograph of male plumbeous gnatcatcher feeding young, by William L. Finlay) 



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 Ice and .snow make food getting a serious problem for tlie wild bird. The smaller birds gather more 

 closely around the farmhouse, while even the wary ruffed grouse often comes to the orchard. So many are 

 the fatalities wrought by cold snowj' weather that only the stronger and more fortunate individuals of a 

 species survive. Much can be done to bring birds about the home or the schoolhouse by placing food 

 where they can readily get it. (Feeding station for birds on the grounds of R. G. Decker, Rhinebeck, 

 New York) 



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