Part 64

15. What are a bird’s short feathers called?

16. Are any places on the body bare of feathers, and why?

17. What can you say of the large feathers?

18. Can birds move their feathers?

19. What else can you tell me about feathers?

20. Why do birds preen or dress their feathers?

21. What can you tell me about the feet of water birds?

22. What can you say about wading birds?

23. What kind of a bill has a duck?

24. How and why does it differ from a hen’s bill?

25. How are the beaks of fish-eating birds formed?

26. What can you learn of a bird’s habits from examining its feet and beak?

27. What can you tell me about the ostrich?

28. Why is the pigeon such a thirsty bird?

29. How does a swallow feed?

30. Tell me of the shrike, or butcher bird.

31. What different kinds of food do birds eat?

32. What can you tell me of the woodpecker family?

33. Will you tell me how and why birds migrate?

34. Tell me the history of the bobolink.

35. Describe an oriole’s nest.

36. Tell me about a humming-bird’s nest.

37. How do some birds ornament their nests?

38. Do birds ever build a roof over their nests?

39. What are some of our best singing birds?

40. What can you tell me of the blue jay?

41. Tell me how birds care for and defend their young.

42. What birds lay eggs in other birds’ nests?