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and also may suggest some important principles of Natiire teach- 

 ing, although one must be cautious about drawing any very 

 general conclusions from so limited a study of local conditions. 

 In the discussion of these results it will be understood that the 

 conclusions drawn are intended to apply only to the cases ex- 

 amined, although perhaps more extended study in other schools 

 may show some of them to be of general value. 



The questions sent out to the children were divided into four 

 sets, the first dealing with the children's knowledge of individual 

 animals and their noticeable characteristics, the second with the 

 children's likes and dislikes among the animals, the third doing 

 about the same for plants as the first two for animals and the 

 fourth dealing with the children's conception of animal inteUigence. 



First Set of Questions 



1. Make a list of all birds, insects and other animals that 

 you have seen living in Passaic. (Do not name animals that 

 you may have seen in a menagerie.) 



2. Describe briefly the one most noticeable thing about 

 each. 



It was found necessary to insert the explanation put in paren- 

 theses in the first question, as in a previous set of questions sent 

 out without restriction the lists were made up very largely of 

 menagerie animals. 



In studying the results comparisons have been made along 

 two lines, age and sex. The general resiilts are shown graphically 

 in the figures but a few answers are given verbatim. 



"The most noticeable thing I know about a blue-bird is that 

 he is blue and that if you kill him you get $25 fine." 



"The most noticeable thing I know about a yellow-bird is that 

 when he sits on a thistle, he does not prick his legs." 



' 'Man — Sivilised annimal . ' ' 



"Fly — has compressed eyes and for me they are no use." 



"The most noticeable about the mosquito is it bits and has no 

 teeth, about the fly is it sticks on fly paper." 



"The most noticeable thing about the Donkey is he won't do 

 any work as soon as he knows it is time to eat." 



"The most noticeable thing about a grasshopper is that when 

 you hold his head under water he does not drowned." 



