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DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



f erring to technical books on the subject I think 

 there is a great deal yet to be learned. Labor fol- 

 lows the line of the least resistance in the study 

 of Nature as well as in all other fields of work; 

 consequently the majority of Nature students 

 choose birds. Birds are popular, easily seen. You 

 can lie on the grass under the shade of a tree to 

 watch them and take notes of their habits, but you 

 cannot 



1. THE SPOTTED SALAMANDER. 



2. THE RED SALAMANDER. 



BURY YOURSELF IN THE MUD 



and muck of the swamp to study the habits and 

 life history of the spotted salamander. Neither can 

 you bury yourself in the cold ground around the 

 spring hole and live under the sphagnum moss 

 while you make notes of the red salamander; but 

 you can very easily keep all these creatures in con- 

 finement, and here is an opportunity for any 



