. The oist . 3 VOL. VIT. ALBION N. 1., OCT, 1890. No. 10 The Use of the Garaera in the â 1 Stiiihj o/\V,..s/.s. From year to year more ami muri; in-terest is mauitVslctl in tli,; impoitaiiecof one ul ilu (lelighifiil aiitl instriietivf (j! all sludiesâthe study ofnests; and we Jiojx; we may, at liie pics-etit time, introdiiec into oni midst tin;eameia as an assistant in this grandâ A\ illter(^sting study, wliieh Inis un-doubtedly been luueh iiegleeted. It isperhaiJS a more extensive stud/ than o>dogy, in\-oiviug as it does the study of j b(;taiiy and requiring familiarity with
. The oist . 3 VOL. VIT. ALBION N. 1., OCT, 1890. No. 10 The Use of the Garaera in the â 1 Stiiihj o/\V,..s/.s. From year to year more ami muri; in-terest is mauitVslctl in tli,; impoitaiiecof one ul ilu (lelighifiil aiitl instriietivf (j! all sludiesâthe study ofnests; and we Jiojx; we may, at liie pics-etit time, introdiiec into oni midst tin;eameia as an assistant in this grandâ A\ illter(^sting study, wliieh Inis un-doubtedly been luueh iiegleeted. It isperhaiJS a more extensive stud/ than o>dogy, in\-oiviug as it does the study of j b(;taiiy and requiring familiarity with I all thy charaeteristie iilaiits ami trees j of our respeetive loealities, but dont let these obstacles detain you, there is s(nnueli pleasure to be derived that you will be amplj- paid for all 3our tr(jHble. Here I wish Xu transfri!>e in {)art Iiigersoiis plea for the stuily ofnests, fnnu his exeelleiit Birds Nest-ing, knowing it will interest y< a -. atihe study, there is far. NEST O:- W.\I!{ AVITH VdlNO (OWBIi;!). more advantage to be ol)t:iimd fivim a |series of nests than fi-om a series of!eggs. The nest is something withwhich the will and energies of the liirdare concerned. It expresses the char-acter of the workman, is to a certain Iextent, an index to its rank among jbirds, for in general those of the high-!est organi/ation are the best ai-chi- iteots, and give ns a glim])se of thei)irds mind and power to understandand adapt itself to changed conditions of life. Over the shape and ornamen-tation of an egg the bird has no con-trol, being no more ai)le to govern thematter tiian it can the slowth of itsbeak. Theie is as much difference tome, in the interest insriiicd, betweenthe nest and egg of a bird, as betweenits l)rain and its skull, using the wordbr<iin to mean the seat of n( st is aways more or less the re-sult of ( onscous planning and intelli-gent work, even though it does follow 196 THE OOLOGIST. a here(lit!U
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