xiv Contents 



PART III 



HOW WE CAN ALL HELP TO PROTECT THE BIRDS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



VII. THE ENTERTAINMENT OF WILD BIRDS IN 



WINTER . ... . . .127 



VIII. HOSPITALITY ALL THE YEAR 'ROUND WITH 

 A LIST OF THE TREES, SHRUBS, AND 

 CREEPERS MOST ATTRACTIVE TO BIRDS 163 



IX. THE BIRD LOVER AS A LANDLORD. A 

 CHAPTER CONCERNING NEST BOXES, 

 NEST SHELVES, ETC. . . . 192 



X. BIRD BATHS AND DRINKING POOLS . .219 

 XI. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH CONFRONT 



BEGINNERS ..... 233 



XII. BIRD CLUBS, How TO ORGANIZE THEM, 



WHAT THEY CAN Do TO BE USEFUL . 269 



APPENDIX. CONSTITUTIONS OF CERTAIN BIRD 



CLUBS . j ~,: ,- v . . . 299 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 310 



INDEX 317 



