PART III. 

 BIRDS. 



CHAPTER XX. 



GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR FIELD WORK ON 



BIRDS. 



The best general equipment for classes within the 

 scope of this work on birds, is a good field glass, which 

 ought to be the property of the school, a camera or a 

 kodak, and some good guide to the identification of birds. 

 If Reed's excellent little book, ''Bird Guide," is the one 

 used, each member of the class ought to have his own 

 copy. If Chapman's "Color Key to North American 

 Birds" is chosen, there might be fewer books needed.* 

 But so far as experience goes, it would seem that the 

 condition where each member of the class has his own 

 little manual secures the best results. 



The field glass is indispensable for studying birds 

 in the open. It brings the bird within close enough 

 range for its identification. Birds fly so rapidly and are 

 so easily disturbed, or they perch so far away, that one 

 cannot get near enough for a "good look." 



A camera or a kodak, it can be a Brownie kodak owned 



* Information concerning the two books mentioned may be had of 

 Chas. K. Reed, 238 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. This 

 gentleman also furnishes a field glass for bird study. 



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