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NEW-WORLD SCIENCE SERIES 

 Edited by John W. Ritchie 



TREES, STARS and BIRDS I 



A BOOK OF OUTDOOR SCIENCE 

 By EDWIN LINCOLN MOSELEY 



Head of the Science Department, State Normal College of 

 Northwestern Ohio 



THE usefulness of nature study in the schools has been 

 seriously limited by the lack of a suitable textbook. | 

 It is to meet this need that Trees, Stars, and Birds is 

 issued. The author is one of the most successful teach- 

 ers of outdoor science in this country. He believes in 

 field excursions, and his text is designed to help teachers 

 and pupils in the inquiries that they will make for them- 

 selves. 



The text deals with three phases of outdoor science that 

 have a perennial interest, and it will make the benefit 

 of the author's long and successful experience available | 

 to younger teachers. 



The first section deals with trees, and the discussion of 

 maples is typical: the student is reminded that he has 

 eaten maple sugar; there is an interesting account of its 

 production ; the fact is brought out that the sugar is really 

 made in the leaves. The stars and planets that all should 

 know are told about simply and clearly. The birds 

 commonly met with are considered, and their habits of 

 feeding and nesting are described. Pertinent questions 

 are scattered throughout each section. 



The book is illustrated with 167 photographs, 69 draw- 

 ings, 9 star maps, and with 16 color plates of 58 birds, 

 from paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 



It is well adapted for use in junior high schools, yet the 

 presentation is simple enough for pupils in the sixth grade. 



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Cloth. <viii -}- 404. -{- xvi pages. 



WORLD BOOK COMPANY 



YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK 

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