BIRDS' NESTS 



AN INTRODUCTION 

 TO THE SCIENCE OF CALIOLOGY 



BY 



CHARLES DIXON 



AUTHOR OF 



RURAL BIRD-LIFE," " THE GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL OF THE BRITISH 



ISLANDS," "BRITISH SEA BIRDS," "CURIOSITIES OF BIRD LIFE," 



"the MIGRATION OF BIRDS," "AMONG THE BIRDS IN 



NORTHERN SHIRES," "THE STORY OF 



THE BIRDS," ETC., ETC. 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. T. ELWES 



LONDON 

 GRANT RICHARDS 



NEW YORK 



FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY 



1902 



