CONTENTS 



PART I 



I. Introductory 



II. Birds' Nests and Eggs .... 



III. Egg-Collecting and its Object 



IV. Photographing Nests and Young Birds 

 V. Hints on the Rearing and Keeping of Birds 



VI. Notes . 



Approximate Dates when Birds Begin to Nest 



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PART II 



I. Open Nests on the Ground, in Open Fields, Marshes, 



AND Generally Open Country . . . .33 

 II. Open Nests in Woods, Thickets, Swampy Thickets . 52 

 III. Covered or Arched Nests on Ground : 



Part I. Open Country 73 



Part II. In Woods and Thickets . . .74 



