New-York tribune., 1904-10-31
MRS SAMUEL p. LARNED.

! lies at first Begin with the seasons Why concern
| ourselves with birds of summer when the snow Is
study Of birds in winter when there are the fewest
& aeh bss comes In e6 ta fe
The first interest in birds is reused when he learns
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How viii the help you IN all this? The
museum has, first. general collection Of birds OF
North America then a general collection of all
birds found within Atty miles Of New-York. In the
residents. there is case OF seasonal birds You
general collection. To-day you will find the October
bras IN that case and next w~@k t.e -'o'-E3-.'E :
request the museum will send you little travel
ling museum Of the seasons birds. 10 remain in
As soon as the child learns to know the bird by
hcaton of his knowledge is TO lead his attention 10
the fact that onehaIf OF all known BIRDS and 50
belong the class OF perching birds distinguished
birds are divided INTO not more than seventeen OF
eighteen families. Some prominent member OF each
the cases Of BIRDS from the museum it is not
difcut thing TO learn the distinguishing marks OF
The beauty OF bird study is that it does not end
through Tte chd PId % nd out that cergH
birds have certain well defined hannts and he will
trees are in blossom they. are always full Of orr
Sea in this seon n49sh us as the the 6ppe e 5es
to bloom. So each bird has the haunt It loves
beer sttained the attention I'll is turned 70 nests The
room is OF some Interest as a specimen Of bird
architecture. But the real interest OF the lies
tale of the birds life; and all the nests in the
cao How f5S gc more ns P1Gfe a hs 4 nq %
is the bank swallows nest when the
the nests tfree k fe1 n o OIS Se s
face; Birds change their nesting habits according
The black crowned night herons OF Long Island
high. Bu, in wild Manitoba the same bird builds
I~ I a8nG me rTeas A. along me Atlantic coast
Island. where the owner has protected them for
years they build fat upon the ground, the most
marked example have known Of variation
Of hebtt to meet artificial conditions Sometimes
Sonditons, Ike the share OF walls. in way that
Oefs9Ss @ts- Gfra9a ths .s1 enesI ne
that the birds descended from reptiles and as eli
oTgnay laid only White eggs cooT Taf has a e6ms cones
for t projection N This IS proved by the fact that
and woodpeckers lay white eggs; While ali that lay
very exposed places are almost exactly like their
surroundings. The terms egg in the open beach
thout Close The W Fbe ReaGn ays pe9RSs ws
e6sS IN low S neS PIt she leaves the esg
material material over over to to hide hide. them;
mult!p.ies. and the camera becomes OF immense
value The study OF the traits OF young birds mos.
hunger Is that o: absolute obedience the parents
W escape b BefoT that m 4sy hey w G 4egG I
intruder with perfect fearlessness, But al single
low silent and mOtionless til the danger passes
Young sktmmers on the Virginia beach will let you
step upon them in this blind obedience. I watched
a nest OF newly born blue1ays for an hour and
three-quarters one day in hopes the mother would
come come back and sit for her picture. Those little +
time. and yet. though starving. they maintained
absolute silence all that time. in response 70 TIE
parents command Bitterns at seven days' Old
have no fear Of the camera. Ten days later it
throws them into parOXysm OF fright /
Then there is the feeding How does the raran+
raise nest full Of birds. all equally rat ana well .
fed. when every little mouth is agape every time /
she comes 20 the nest? Amid many attractive
openings, how shall she know the one most IN
need OF food? Perhaps the little scamp fed last
gets the new worm or bug. But there is an In
voluntary reaction ot the muscles which does no.
AXE place when the bird has Just been fed and
he parent. keepinE tab the greedy ones snatch
ss the tidbtt deposited IN the wrong place and
'uts II where it will do the most good y