Young Folks'
Nature Field Book
Photograph by J. Alden Loring.
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH ON A BIRD-HOUSE.
Young Folks' Nature Field Book
By
J. ALDEN LORING
Formerly Field Naturalist to the United States Biological Survey andthe United States National Museum at Washington, D. C., Curator ofMammals at the New York Zoological Park and Field Agent for the NewYork Zoological Society; Member of the American Ornithologists'Union, etc.
BOSTON
Dana Estes & Company
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1906
By Dana Estes & Company
All rights reserved
COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U.S.A.
Publishers' Preface
The plan of this work contemplates a short,timely nature story, or seasonable hint for everycalendar day in the year, telling the reader justwhat time in the successive seasons to look forthe different birds, beasts, flowers, etc., how torecognize and study them when taking observationwalks for pleasure or instruction. Recognitionof different creatures, etc., is assisted by numerousexcellent illustrations, and alternate pagesare left blank for reader's notes or record ofthings seen. A yearly report so kept, either bya single young person or a small group or club,cannot fail to be a source of continuous interest,not only while being made but after its completion.A club competing for the best and completerecord so made should produce pleasure and instructionthroughout the year.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my first wild pet, who wasthe most interesting and intelligent creature I havetamed. He chased the children into their housesby pinching their legs; he awoke the dog by pullingits tail, and he pecked the horse's feet, then jumpedback and crouched low to escape b BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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