CONTENTS 



PART 1 



CHAPTER 



I. Introductory ...... 



II. Birds' Nests and Eggs .... 



III. Egg-Collecting .\nd 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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27 

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PART 11 



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



and Generally Open Country . . . ■ 3^ 

 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 



