New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-04
HOW BIRDS BUILD THEIR NES1S.

,,r, OLIVE TIIoRNE MILLER GIVES HER
SECOND BIRD TALK AT THE WALDORF.
"Nests and Nestlings" was the subjec, OF Mrs
OLIVE Thorne Millers second Bird Talk ut the wal
dorf Yesterday morning Il was illustrator 'S was
,ho LECTURE las; week with mounted specimens OF
different varieties OF birds and In acdtion TO theSe
Mrs Miller had several nests. exhibiting the orus
ingenuity in the matter OF architecture
..The month OF June. began the speaker. Is
made peculiarly beautiful TO the lover OF plroS py
the thought that all about US. In heId ana "oo"'
nv roadside and scashore under our caves IN our
ch,mneys on our apple trees. are dainty Httle
homes. nurseries where is being enacted the Ola
20, over new mystery OF motherhood. The nest
Itself is mos, complicated structure ana inc
wonder is that the bird. whose only tools are her
beak and claws should b, able to create so com
Portable A home. by actual count natura"S.
took two thousand tiny feathers from the i'n's "a
n single nest while In the construction OF aho'h''
400 ,r,g. ,ycre found TO have been employed In
building according 10 my observation. the bru
works from the inside. sitting among the ma'eIi"'
and twisting and weaving II into shape Inc
mother bird assumes the responsibility ioF the NEST
the father following her about. and helping her ""'h
cha will hermit IT, The site for the home IL ai"ays
,oso, Win Great care and all birds know that
s,fatv lies IN concealrnent. The ground although
u does not seem a very secure place, N oi'eh Sc
lected The bobolink. for example. buiioS "e' heS'
in q little depression in meadow anu a. '''"'
eggs and house all OF the same ho'"eo "''""'
and well hidden by the grass. she IL not oit,h mo
Tested Some birds excavate q cup-srnpe1 non
and line IL The nighthawk and the "hipppo, WI w
Gepoeit their eggs on the bare ground whttc M
sre only protected by their nconspcuous oylo,I"s
"Rirds have been classified, according 20 ueI a.,
ferent methods Of building. as wcaFefs p asne ..
nm akere felters masons miners ana ca
The orioles red winged backbrds ana ch'ili.I,s
swifts were mentioned among the bcst rNa"p,
~ the hasket-makers; the hufnInihg- n'il7, VIZ
work their materials into n 1rIn. sold i''ss' q I,
feIters the swallows as masons, the khs!Shris an.
h,nk-swallows as miners. and the WooHp"ch'' a.
carnenfers In connection with each SPECIES, 81 >.
Miller lola of many interesting traits showing "e'
iniima,e acquaintance with bird NE. -, -
,'rhe same birds do not always buiii III w Sai'
wav she said They are not machihc'. t"eS ~
Judgment and change their plans just AS hu''a"
beings do . -, ..a dovo,od IN the
parcuts' care OF the nestlings. The re oi IN.
families TO be reared varied from one 10 tHeH' nu.
whether few many they kept the oia bidus pus S
I'm finding enough supply their proverpiany IA,
enous appetcs Catbirds robins ana sessH Ii'r
varieties were entitled TO be ranked ar PI',aii-
thropiss for they We're often known 10 ar v,
derry for the orphaned families or their nesi'po. :,
The many methods OF giving food 10 ,ne Eou" a57
birds were described in detail, ana the ueNotol 81
The mother 10 her home and family was touci ~,
unon The Baltimore orOle Is SAD 10 eNh'D't 'h''
in an especially marked degree. , ,,,,, 81,
Next Tuesday the topic win be "Iho BRO f'du-