{"product_id":"2940148517351","title":"The Bird Study Book","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes,and Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE    \u003cbr\u003eI.    FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BIRDS\u003cbr\u003eCaution in Nest Hunting — Going Afield — Notebooks — Reporting Blanks — Bird Books — Movements of Birds — Artificial Cover in Hiding — The Umbrella Blind — Conclusion. \u003cbr\u003eII.    THE LIFE ABOUT THE NEST\u003cbr\u003eNest Hunting — Behaviour when Nest Is Discovered — Lessons to Be Learned — Character of Material Used — Nests in Holes — Variety of Locations — Variation in Families — Meagre Nests. \u003cbr\u003eIII.    DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE BIRDS\u003cbr\u003eParental Care of Young — Sharing the Labours — Length of Mated Life — A Much-married Bluebird — The Faithful Canada Geese — Unmated Birds — Polygamy Among Birds — The Outcast. \u003cbr\u003eIV.    THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS\u003cbr\u003eMoulting — Why Birds Migrate — The Gathering Flocks — The Usual Movement — The Travelling Shore Birds — The World's Migrating Champion — Perils of Migration — Keeping Migration Records. \u003cbr\u003eV.    THE BIRDS IN WINTER\u003cbr\u003eA Good Time for Field Walks — The Downy's Winter Quarters — Birds and the Night — The Food Question in Winter — When the Food Supply Fails — Wild Fowl Destroyed in the Oil Fields — Hunting Winter Birds. \u003cbr\u003eVI.    THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF BIRDS\u003cbr\u003eA Government Report — Plagues of Insects — Some Useful Birds — The Question of the Weed Seeds — Dealing with the Rodent Pests — The Terror That Flies by Night — A Seldom Recognised Blessing. \u003cbr\u003eVII.    CIVILIZATION'S EFFECT ON THE BIRD SUPPLY\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Birds in the World — Number in the Different States — Increase of Farm-land Species — Effect of Forest Devastation — Commercializing Birds — Wild Pigeon — Ivory-billed Woodpecker — Labrador Duck — Great Auk — Eskimo Curlew. \u003cbr\u003eVIII.    THE TRAFFIC IN FEATHERS\u003cbr\u003eWar on the Sea Swallows — What the Ladies Wore — The Story of the Egrets — Amateur Feather Hunters — Maribou — Pheasants — Numidie — Goura — Women's Love for Feathers — Ostrich Feathers Are Desirable. \u003cbr\u003eIX.    BIRD-PROTECTIVE LAWS AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT . . . HOW LAWS ARE MADE\u003cbr\u003eDefinition of Game — Audubon Laws — Game Law Enforcement — Lacy Lava — Federal Migratory Bird Law — History of Game Laws — The Theory of Shiras — Work of the Bird Committee — Government Explanations — World's Only Bird Treaty. \u003cbr\u003eX.    BIRD RESERVATIONS\u003cbr\u003eFirst Federal Bird Reservation — Congressional Sanction — Florida Reservations — Distant Reservations — President Taft a Bird Protectionist — Audubon Society Reservations — The Corkscrew Rookery — Wardens Shot by Plume Hunters. \u003cbr\u003eXI.    MAKING BIRD SANCTUARIES\u003cbr\u003eNatural Nesting Places Destroyed — Nesting Boxes for Birds — Some Rules for Making and Erecting Bird Boxes — Sites of Bird Boxes — Feeding Birds — Community Sanctuaries — Birdcraft Sanctuary — Cemeteries as Bird Sanctuaries — A Birdless Cemetery — Birds of a New York Graveyard — Enemies to Be Eliminated — Berries and Fruit for Birds. \u003cbr\u003eXII.    TEACHING BIRD STUDY\u003cbr\u003eTeaching Children — Junior Audubon Societies — Correlated Studies — Keeping Scrapbooks — Records of Migrants — Essays — Sending Old Nests to City Children — Audubon Prizes — Bird Day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003eT. Gilbert Pearson\u003cbr\u003eSecretary, National Association of Audubon Societies\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148956156144,"sku":"2940148517351","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148517351_p0.jpg?v=1763710485","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148517351","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}