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Read Ebook: The Bird Study Book by Pearson T Gilbert Thomas Gilbert
Font size: Background color: Text color: Add to tbrJar First Page Next PageEbook has 288 lines and 49628 words, and 6 pagesPAGE PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v CHAPTER HALF-TONE CUTS Facing Page A ferocious young Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Gannets nesting on the cliffs of Bonaventure Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 A male Plumbeous Gnatcatcher feeding young . . . . . . . . . . 38 A mountain Bluebird family whose home has been destroyed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Young Robins quarreling at their bath . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Feeding station for birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Snowy Egret shot on its feeding grounds . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Farallone Cormorants and White Pelicans on a Government Bird Reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Window "Cafeteria" at home of Mrs. Granville Pike . . . . . . 128 A Christmas dinner for the birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 An Egret, bearing "aigrettes," in attendance on her young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Egret brooding on a Florida island owned and guarded by the Audubon Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 The Downy Woodpecker is fond of suet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Members of a Junior Audubon class at Fergus Falls, Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 A California Hospital for injured birds . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Preparing for the coming of the birds . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 LINE CUTS IN TEXT Page The fox that followed the footsteps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Heads and feet of various birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sample page of reporting-blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The umbrella blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Nest of the ruby-throated hummingbird . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Bald Eagle's eyrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Grebe or "water witch" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Canada Geese decoys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 A greedy young Cowbird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Migration routes of some North American birds . . . . . . . . 71 Lighthouses cause the death of many birds . . . . . . . . . . 76 Tired migrating birds often alight on ships . . . . . . . . . 79 Grouse "budding" in an apple tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Cuckoo raiding a tent of caterpillars . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Screech owl and its prey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Passenger Pigeons are now extinct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 The Great Auk, now extinct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Terns formerly sought by the feather trade . . . . . . . . . . 144 Crowned Pigeon that furnishes the "goura" of the feather trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Migrative birds are protected by the Government . . . . . . . 172 The grotesque Wood Ibis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Hungry young Egrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Cemented holes shut out the Chickadee . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Gourds and boxes for Martins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 A bird bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Coloring of birds upon outline drawings . . . . . . . . . . . 257 THE BIRD STUDY BOOK FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BIRDS Add to tbrJar First Page Next Page |
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