. First lessons in zoology. Zoology. BIRDS 237 limps e from a car- flowers of which you caught only a window in passing? You did not see them definitely, and at best you can only carry their image in your mind until you have oppor- tunity to see them in detail. "So it is with birds. Do not be discouraged if the books fail to show you the brown bird with white spots on its wings. Prob- ably it exists only through your hasty observation. "Arm yourself with a field- or opera-glass, there- fore, without which you will be badly handicapped, and look your bird over with enough care to get
. First lessons in zoology. Zoology. BIRDS 237 limps e from a car- flowers of which you caught only a window in passing? You did not see them definitely, and at best you can only carry their image in your mind until you have oppor- tunity to see them in detail. "So it is with birds. Do not be discouraged if the books fail to show you the brown bird with white spots on its wings. Prob- ably it exists only through your hasty observation. "Arm yourself with a field- or opera-glass, there- fore, without which you will be badly handicapped, and look your bird over with enough care to get a general idea of its size, form —particularly the form of the bill—color, and mark- ings. Then—and I cannot emphasize this too strongly —put what you have seen into your notebook at once. For, as I have elsewhere said, ' not only do our memories sometimes de- ceive us, but we really see Fig. and eggs of ruby- , . , ., throat liumming-bird, TrotJiihis nothmg with exactness until we attempt to describe it.' " It is true that all the birds will not pose before your glasses Ion. coiiibris, seen from above, in apple- tree. (Photograph by E. G. Tabor; permission of Macmillan Co.) enough for. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937. New York, H. Holt and Company
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