. Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . n the necessary muscles of the leg. Whenunnatural conditions have prevented this exercise, I have knownthe birds to become partly paralysed and die, and I have no doubtthat the absence of suitable rough material was the direct is very wise in regard to her children, and you will dowell to follow her example whenever you are at a loss. Should young birds become droopy, a little diluted whiskeyor paregoric put in the
. Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . n the necessary muscles of the leg. Whenunnatural conditions have prevented this exercise, I have knownthe birds to become partly paralysed and die, and I have no doubtthat the absence of suitable rough material was the direct is very wise in regard to her children, and you will dowell to follow her example whenever you are at a loss. Should young birds become droopy, a little diluted whiskeyor paregoric put in their mouths with a medicine-dropper willgenerally restore them to normal condition. Cage-fighting invariably takes place sooner or later ; as a ruleit only lasts a day or so, but if persisted in cover the cage withfine wire mosquito netting, so that the bird may not be able toget his beak through. At night the cage should always be covered, otherwise thebirds wake at amazingly early hours ; this applies more particu-larly to fledglings, as their waking means they im4St be fed, and itis not always pleasant to have to get up at daylight to minister totheir wants. 26. MALE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, ONE YEAR OLD, TAKING A SUN-BATH Chapter VI NOTES The illustrations of nests in this book are from photographs,which, with few exceptions, were taken without disturbing eitherthe nest or its surroundings. In a few instances, such as the nestsof the bluebird, downy woodpecker, and crested flycatcher, thebranch was cut down, and an opening made in order to show theeggs. The photographs of both young and old birds are from life. Under the headings of breeding range the reference is onlyto the United States, and only the land birds that breed in theEastern States are described. The description of the plumageof each bird is not meant to be very complete ; the principal char-acteristics are given so that the bird may be recognised. Noattempt has been made to give the notes or songs of the birds. T
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