Bird Homes: The Nests Eggs and Breeding Habits of the Land Birds Breeding in the Eastern United States; with Hints on the Rearing and Photographing of Young Birds

xvi, 183 pp. Color and black-and-white plates. CONTENTS: Introductory; Birds' Nest and Eggs; Egg-collecting and Its Object; Photographing Nests and Young Birds; Hints on the Rearing and Keeping of Birds; Notes: Approximate Dates When Birds Begin to Nest; Open Nests on the Ground, in Open Fields, Marshes, and Generally Open Country; Open Nests in Woods, Thickets, Swampy Thickets; Covered or Arched Nests on Ground: Open Country; In Wood and Thickets; Open Nests in Marshes, Reeds, Saw-grass, and Low Bushes in Open Country; Nests in Buildings, Bridges, Walls, Rocks, Banks, Among Roots, Brush Heaps, and in Holes in the Ground; Nests in Holes in Trees, Stumps, or Logs; Semi-pensile, Pensile, or Hanging Nests; Open Nests in Trees, Bushes, and Vines: Large Nests in Tree; Nests in Trees, Bushes, or Vines; Nests Saddled on Branches.