Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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( .w/,7..v// (if Viiiihli'ilan, Par/e & Company Till- illustrations iu Pearson's liird tStudij Book are well chosen for suggestiveness and help enforce upon the reader a new friendly intimacy with birds and a new desire to protect them. The student of nest architecture is impressed by the assortment of materials used and the diversity of situations chosen even among closely related species. The nest of the wild bird is merely a cradle for its young; birds have never evolved the habit of building nests for their personal protection, even for the cold and snowy days of winter. (Photograph of male plumbeous gnatcatcher feeding young, by William L. Finlay)
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Ciiinirxn of Donbledaij, Parte <£• Company Ice and .snow make food getting a serious problem for tlie wild bird. The smaller birds gather more closely around the farmhouse, while even the wary ruffed grouse often comes to the orchard. So many are the fatalities wrought by cold snowj' weather that only the stronger and more fortunate individuals of a species survive. Much can be done to bring birds about the home or the schoolhouse by placing food where they can readily get it. (Feeding station for birds on the grounds of R. G. Decker, Rhinebeck, New York) 348

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