A Book of Natural History

Huxley, Darwin, Wallace, Burroughs and Maeterlinck, writing for young readers — thirty-odd essays by the great naturalists on everything from the man-like apes to what worms do.

Birds' Nests

3 pages in this part of A Book of Natural History.

Birds' Nests

H OW alert and vigilant the birds are, even when absorbed in building their nests! In an open space in the woods, I see a pair of…

Birds' Nests: Audubon

Other exceptions are the pigeons, hawks, and waterfowls. But to return. Having a good chance to note the color and markings of the…

Birds' Nests: Baltimore

But the nest of nests, the ideal nest, after we have left the deep woods, is unquestionably that of the Baltimore oriole. It is the only…

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