How to Attract the Birds 



as a weaver, and further proved by the attractions 

 in a mate that are necessary to woo her the most 

 gorgeous of orange and black feathers, and, as if 

 they were not enough, the most persistent of deli- 

 cious songs throughout the courtship. Certainly, a 

 bird with so keen an appreciation of form, colour 

 and music must have some excellent reason for 



Young whippoorwills feel a sense of security from protective colouring 



being so quietly clad and for choosing somber- 

 coloured materials for her nest. The obvious reason 

 explains also the motives of very many other birds 

 respecting their plumage and homes. 



A child less wise than Macaulay's schoolboy 

 knows that various birds have adopted various 

 methods of protecting themselves and their young, 

 about whom they are even more concerned, every 

 species having some special method of its own. By 

 far the greatest number, however, depend chiefly on 



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