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Report of the Director. 



Dear Uncle John: 



I thought I would write to you. I have received your papers. 

 I am very pleased with them. I get so interested in them that I 

 cannot quit reading them when I start. I am very pleased in joining 

 the club. 



In studying about the sparrow, I find that he is about six inches 

 long from bill to tail, and he is gray. Of -course, there are many 

 kinds of sparrows, but 1 mean the English sparrow. I see larger 

 numbers of sparrows in the coimtry, because there is more room for 

 them to stay in the country. The female has not the black mark on 

 throat or breast. The sparrow's eggs are gray. The sparrows eat 

 wheat and oats. I know that, for I have seen them when I feed my 

 chickens come and eat with them. The sparrows roost in barns and 

 trees and many other places. From your loving friend, 



Bessie. 



To all the members of the Junior Naturalist Clubs who have done 

 satisfactory work, we have sent a small picture as illustrated below. 







No. 1. — Cows at pasture. 



No. 3. — -Field of corn. 



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No. 2. — Belgian hares. 



No. 4. — He7i with brood of ducklings. 



