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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 



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'TpHE usefulness of nature study in the schools has been 

 JL 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 f 

 | have a perennial interest, and it will make the benefit I 



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. 



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The book is illustrated with 167 photographs, 69 draw- 1 

 | 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. I 



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Cloth, inii -f 404 -j- xvi pages. Price 1.80. 



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