Boreham Wood, Elstree, Herts,
1896.
Works by R. KEARTON,
F.Z.S., F.R.P.S.
KEARTON'S NATURE PICTURES
THE FAIRYLAND OF LIVING THINGS
BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS
OUR BIRD FRIENDS
NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS
WILD NATURE'S WAYS
WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA
PICTURES FROM NATURE
WILD LIFE AT HOME
THE ADVENTURES OF COCK ROBIN
AND HIS MATE
THE ADVENTURES OF JACK RABBIT
STRANGE ADVENTURES IN DICKY-BIRD
LAND
Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, New York,
Toronto and Melbourne
BIRDS' NESTS, EGGS, AND EGG-COLLECTING
The Problem of Preservation.—As a rule the first subject to which the young naturalist turns his attention is the most interesting one within his reach, and that subject is undoubtedly found in bird-life; particularly that portion of it which concerns the nests, eggs, young, and various modes of nidification, for this is really the kernel of ornithology. Its details teach him the utility of systematic study and close observation, two important points in all matters of scientific research.
It is my intention in the following pages to furnish as full and interesting particulars on Oology, which may fairly be entitled to the dignity of a science, as can be found, or is likely to be required, in any popular treatise of its modest compass.