RECREATION 



HOME OF A WILSON THRUSH 

 By Herbert K. Job 



they may sink back into 

 shapeless nothings. Thanks 

 to unerring instinct the 

 young need never a second 

 warning ; however hungry, 

 they drop into the nest at 

 once. 



But it is in trees that we 

 find the most interesting 

 nests, burrowed deep into 

 the heart of the trunks, 

 swung from the outermost 

 twigs, or woven into some 

 crotch of the branches. Give 

 a sprawling, awkward 

 young heron or egret to a 

 man and ask him to select 

 a suitable nest for* such a 

 bird, and he would choose 



the deepest and most softly 

 lined. Place the little bird 

 in such a bed, and even 

 though you feed him with 

 the choicest bits of fish, he 

 will grow weak, his feet 

 and legs becoming para- 

 lyzed, death soon relieving 

 him of his miserable exist- 

 ence. 



See what Nature pro- 

 vides for this tender young- 

 ster : A thin platform of 





AT HOME WITH THE HAWKS 

 By George C. H. Warner 



WHERE THE SPARROW LIVES 

 By W. C. Webster 



hard, rough sticks loosely 

 shelved in some tall tree. 

 His egg and the three of 

 his brothers and sisters 

 would have rolled off the 

 twigs at a touch and he 

 can even look down to the 

 ground through the flimsy 

 structure. But the young 

 herons take tight hold of 

 the sticks, and when a sud- 

 den wind sends the whole 

 nest flying, they grasp the 

 nearest branch, huddling 

 close together upon- it. I 



