Excerpt from The Home Life, of Wild Birds: A New Method of the Study and Photography of Birds The semi-technical parts will naturally appeal most to stu dents, but I hope they will not be without interest to the general reader. The field of animal behavior in the direction of both observa tion and experiment is of boundless extent, while on the side of inference it is full of pitfalls. Even if I have not successfully avoided the latter in every case, I have been continually on my guard. My thanks are specially due to the publishers of this volume, who have forwarded my wishes in every possible way. I am also indebted to the editors of the Century Magazine, and of Bird Lore for permission to use certain material which has already appeared in their pages, and to all critics of the earlier edition who have appreciated my efforts. 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.