. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Bird Study 27 FEATHERS AS CLOTHING Teacher's Story HE bird's clothing affords a natural beginning for bird study because the wearing of feathers is a most strik- ing character distinguishing birds from other crea- tures; also, feathers and flying are the first things the young child notices about birds. The purpose of all of these lessons on the hen are: (a) To induce the child to make continued and sympathetic observations on the habits of the domestic birds, (b) To cause him involun
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Bird Study 27 FEATHERS AS CLOTHING Teacher's Story HE bird's clothing affords a natural beginning for bird study because the wearing of feathers is a most strik- ing character distinguishing birds from other crea- tures; also, feathers and flying are the first things the young child notices about birds. The purpose of all of these lessons on the hen are: (a) To induce the child to make continued and sympathetic observations on the habits of the domestic birds, (b) To cause him involuntarily to compare the domestic with the wild birds, (c) To induce him to think for himself why the shape of the body, wings, head, beak, feet, legs and feathers are adapted in each species to protect the bird and assist it in getting its living. The overlapping of the feathers on a hen's back and breast is a pretty illustration of nature's method of shingling, so that the rain, finding no place to enter, drips off, leaving the bird's underclothing quite dry. It is interesting to note how a hen behaves in the rain; she droops her tail and holds herself so that the water finds upon her no resting place, but simply a steep surface down which to flow to the ground. Each feather consists of three parts, the shaft or quill, Hooks on linrbels. 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 Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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