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NATURE STUDY

What is the most common bird of the South? 1244.

What bird makes a sound like the squeak of a hurt chicken? 1245.

What bird uses its tail in climbing? 476.

What bird can walk on a limb head downward? 1365.

What bird says: "Yank! Yank! Hank! Hank!"? 1366.

How many broods do the bluebirds raise a summer? 231.

What bird devours the eggs and young of other birds? 231.

Is the robin in America the same as in England? 1620.

Where does the robin-redbreast live? 1505.

Can the humming bird be tamed? 898.

Why is the shrike called the butcher bird? 1748.

What birds are included among poultry? 1540.

Why are fowls allowed in the vineyards of France? 1541.

What are the members of the duck family? 557.

What was the parent of our common domestic duck? 557.

Where does she get the down to line her nest? 557.

What duck is called the greenhead? 1152.

What is the difference between the redhead and canvasback? 328.

What is the favorite food of the canvasback? 328.

Where does the duckbill live? 557.

Why is the turkey buzzard protected by law in the South? 297.

What bird robs the osprey? 678.

What bird can put a whole fish in its mouth? 1442.

What bird do the Chinese train for fishing? 456.

What bird can fly 150 miles an hour? 647.

What is a noble hawk? 647.

How did the sandpiper get its name? 1647.

How many kinds of snipe visit the U. S.? 1773.

Where is that famous war eagle Old Abe? 572.

Which of the owls should be protected? 1403.

What owl steals all kinds of poultry? 1404.

What bird is called the raincrow? 485.

What birds were supposed to breed in the halcyon days? 1004.

How fast can an ostrich run? 1398.

How many pounds of feathers are taken from an ostrich? 1398.

How big is an ostrich egg? 1398.

How much is a pair of ostriches worth? 1398.

What is the best food for an ostrich? 1398.

What large bird carries a helmet on its head? 347.

What bird is also called the loon? 536.

What birds  have   been  killed   in   immense  numbers   to  trim  ladies*

hats? 814.

What birds are called sea swallows? 814. What is one of the handsomest of all birds? 1853. What birds do fhe Esquimaux use for clothing? 138. What bird never gets plump, no matter how much it eats? 868. What wonderfully beautiful bird has been a victim of woman's vanity?

869.

What was the sacred ibis? 908. What is a bird of good omen? 1833. How long is the windpipe of the whooping crane? 473. What bird can swallow a kitten? 14.

How do the toes of the coot differ from those of the rail? 1581. What is the proper name of the mudhen and crowduck? 451. What has happened to the golden plover? 1505. What is the best talking parrot? 1426. What parrots make the best pets? 1425. What is the cockatoo? 417.

What parrot in New Zealand will kill a sheep? 1425. What two different birds are called partridges in the North and the

South? 1426.

What is the most common June bird in California? 1426. What bird is called pheasant in the South? 807. What bird puts on "snow shoes" in the winter? 807. What bird is the prairie chicken? 808. What bird is called the fool hen? 808.

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