. How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors . haracteristic of theBaltimore oricle, for example, as the temple withits rows of p^omsely ornamented coiumns was of theCorinthian Greek. And the marvel is that, guidedonly by instinct, the birds should continue to repeatgeneration after generation the special architectureof their ancestors without taking the pains to studya finished model or standing by to watch the expertmasters of their craft at work. For birds reared incaptivity build as good homes and by precisely thesame model as the wild birds of their species. Nordoes a
. How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors . haracteristic of theBaltimore oricle, for example, as the temple withits rows of p^omsely ornamented coiumns was of theCorinthian Greek. And the marvel is that, guidedonly by instinct, the birds should continue to repeatgeneration after generation the special architectureof their ancestors without taking the pains to studya finished model or standing by to watch the expertmasters of their craft at work. For birds reared incaptivity build as good homes and by precisely thesame model as the wild birds of their species. Nordoes any bird servilely copy the nest of one not ofhis own tribe. It would be difficult to name thestyle of architecture to which most of our modernsuburban villas belong (unless we call it the Con-glomerate) ; but everv farmers boy can tell at aglance the robins mud-plastered nest from the songsparrows or bobolinks grassy cradle. Primitive 39 How to Attract the Birds creatures ot necessity have singleness of purpose ; itis only when we imperfectly civilized humans he-. i
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