Genre:

Reminiscences, Poetry

Relevant illustrations:

wdct. [2]

Illustrators:

L W Thomas *

Subjects:

Hunting, Ornithology, Cruelty, Morality

    Explains how the 'example of other boys' caused him to rob birds' nests as a child, but that he stopped the habit once he realised that mother birds abandon eggs that have been stolen and returned. Ends with a poem urging boys not to steal birds' eggs. The illustrations show a boy up a tree, being attacked by two young birds, and a bird singing on a fence at the edge of a field.