Method of Bird Study and Photography 9 



Each term of the cycle is capable of analysis into many 

 minor components, differing not only in the sexes, but in different 

 species, and subject to change in different individuals. Thus 



Fig. 5. Nesting bough of Kingbird removed from apple tree in background 

 at a point where extended arrows meet, and fixed to upright stakes. Tent- 

 cloth thrown over frame which is set in position. 



in feeding the young at the nest, in such a bird as the Robin, 

 there is a complicated routine, involving many different acts 

 the search after prey and its capture, the approach to the 

 nest which is attended with more or less caution according to 



