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FIRST LBSSONS IN ZOOLOGY 



kind of beginning in bird-stud)', but certain other phases 

 \\ill suggest themsehes at once to the student. One 

 will need to recognize the different common kinds of 

 birds and to know tlncir names; also to learn the facts 

 about the annual histor)' of each ftimiliar one, finding 

 out if it li\"es in the neighborhood of the school all the 

 j-ear, or in summer alone or winter alone, or is only a 

 bird of passage, a migrant, appearing in the spring and 



Fig. 



180. — The nest and e*.,"^^^ (if the lilacl< phiebe. Snvonn's iiii^ricans, 

 (Pholc'^rajilL by J. < >. Snyder.) 



autumn for a brief perijd each year. There will be inter- 

 esting obser\'ations to Ije made on the food habits of each 

 kind, the getting acquainted with its calls and song, its 

 manner of flight, and the s}iecial details of its nest-making 

 and care of young. In the following paragraphs are given 

 suggestions for the guitlancc of the student in all of these 

 different phases of bird-stud\-. So man}- books about bird- 

 lile have been pLiblisIieil recentl)- that no trouble should 

 be experienced in finding such guides to further study 

 along an)' or all of the lines pointed out in this chapter. 



