. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 114 NATUKE-STUDY darc-s to venture. Occasionally other trees, soft maples and tall cotlonwoods, are selected for the nest. It is composed of a network of bark fibres, grasses, hair, and threads skil- fully woven together into a little sack or swinging basket, and is hung below the branch. The little house wren will build in almost any sort of cavity, a knot-hole in a tree, a deserted woodpecker's nest, a hollow gourd suspended on poles or walls, even old boots and coat pock- ets. The house wren is very easily attracted to our ho
. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 114 NATUKE-STUDY darc-s to venture. Occasionally other trees, soft maples and tall cotlonwoods, are selected for the nest. It is composed of a network of bark fibres, grasses, hair, and threads skil- fully woven together into a little sack or swinging basket, and is hung below the branch. The little house wren will build in almost any sort of cavity, a knot-hole in a tree, a deserted woodpecker's nest, a hollow gourd suspended on poles or walls, even old boots and coat pock- ets. The house wren is very easily attracted to our homes by placing a bird- house on some shady wall or on a tree. The hole should be III 20 wrLnEox sijc Remn\Ld. rather hi^h up and not more than one inch in diameter. Here is a picture of the inside of a wren-box. It is more than half filled with coarse sticks and twigs, some six or eight inches long, which the bird knew enough to take in endwise. Finally, a few feathers and some Cottonwood down were added for lining. The nesting habits of the house sparrow are easily ob- served. It builds in sheltered nooks about the house, over cornices, mouldings, in drain-spouts, and in holes in the walls or roof. The nest itself is not very elegant, being. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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