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HISTORY AND WORK OF THE 
nesting season, as the rain is liable to take away their fresh- 
ness. A few birds, as the house wren and robin, use the same 
nest for a second brood, but most birds nest but once during 
the year. Learn for }'Ourself and then use your best judg- 
ment in taking nests. Observe the material they use and 
study their methods of building. Do not take eggs. In the 
first place, the state law forbids it, and in the second, they 
answer no scientific jmrpose except to a biologist. We admit 
they are objects of beauty and may l:>e interesting to the 
curious, but it is not legitimate to destroy useful, as well as 
beautiful objects in nature to adorn a corner in a room. 
For further study consult the books, or any of them which 
may be at hand, which is given in the following pages: 
By courtesy of Shield’s Magazine. 
Little Green Heron. 
