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Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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JOHN FANNIN, British Columbia T. McILWRAITH, H^estern Ontario
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MARCUS E. JONES, Utah EGBERT BAGG, Northern New York BIRD-LORES ADVISORY COUNCILORS SECOND SERIES How to Study Birds THE NESTING SEASON BY FRANK M. CHAPMANSECOND PAPER Time of the year.—Why should a bird build its nest at a certain timeof the year? Some variation in nesting dates, it is true, isTime of the shown by all species of birds, but they do not affect the truthnesting season of the statement that most species have a definite nestingseason vi^hen, year after year, they may be found occupiedwith household cares. In March, near New York city, we look for theBarred Owl; by April 15 the Bluebirds have returned to their favoritebox; about May 10 the Phcebe will have finished its mossy structure;while the middle of June will have come before the Cedarbird and Gold-finch are domiciled. In a general way, it may be answered that the nesting period, as a whole,is determined by those seasonal changes which, independent of latitude,divide the year into winter, spring, summer and autumn.

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