CONTENTS 



PART I 



I. IXTRODUCTORY ...... 



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 



AppR0\l.^LATE Dates when Birds Begin to Nest 



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PART II 



1, Open Nests on the Ground, in Open Fields, Marshes, 

 AND Generally Open Country .... 

 II. Open Nests in Woods. Thickets, Swa.mpy Thickets . 

 III. Covered or Arched Nests on Ground : 



Part I. Open Country 



Part II. In Woods and Thickets . 



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