The Preparation Of Birds For Study

Author : Herman C. De Groat
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ISBN 13 : 9781330512364
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Bird Studies written by Herman C. De Groat and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bird Studies: For Home and School; Sixty Common Birds, Their Habits and Haunts This book is the outgrowth of four years of experience in the preparation of bird lessons for a city school of more than two thousand pupils. After beginning this line of nature work with much trepidation and many protests, the teachers soon came to favor and enjoy it. From the first lesson Bird Study was popular with the children, who looked forward to the bird lesson as the brightest hour of the week. The first purpose of this book is to present to teachers a short course in one branch of nature study in such a form that they may easily prepare themselves to teach it. It is of little use to outline courses of study in nature work and direct teachers to formulate practical lessons accordingly. Few teachers have the time, the experience or the training to enable, them to select material for proper nature lessons. They need assistance which outlines lacking the subject-matter-cannot give them. This book presents the lessons ready for class use. A second purpose is to offer to young people in school and at home a series of simple lessons on sixty common birds, the most of which may be seen in parks or woods, in city or country. In view of the intimate relation which birds bear to agriculture, a knowledge of their habits is of the highest importance to us. All observers of birds soon become bird lovers and strong defenders of their rights. If this book helps to promote a more intelligent appreciation of the usefulness of birds, and creates in some measure a more determined purpose to protect and preserve them from harm, it will have accomplished its highest aim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.