Cornell Study Clubs 1197 



Birds usually migratory hut occasionally resident in New York 



1 Local conditions that may have induced the braving of winter. 



2 Does it pay to encourage the birds to brave the season, by furnishing 



shelter and abundant food? 



3 Observations as to whether it is the whole family that remains, or only 



unmated males. 



4 ■ What changes in feeding habits are the birds obliged to make in order 



to survive the season? 



5 To what dangers beside cold are the birds exposed? 



List of migratory birds of which some are resident in winter: 



Robins Purple finches Shore larks 



Bluebirds (more Meadow larks Chipping sparrows 



rarely) Flickers Seaside sparrows 



Song sparrows Myrtle warblers Ruby-crowned kinglets 



Swamp sparrows Rusty blackbirds 



Bird migrations 



1 What can be learned concerning the reason or the necessity for migration ? 



Of the extent of the migrating flight ? 



2 Which birds are the earliest migrants ? the latest ? What is the season 



of most abundant passage? 



3 Consideration of the perils to which birds are exposed during migration. 



4 When migrating, do the birds fly by night or by day? At what hour 



of the twenty-four can the flight of birds of passage best be observed ? 



5 What evidence has been collected that birds return to " the old home- 



stead," and do not merely go south or north? 



Laws of the various States for the protection of useful birds 



1 Annoyance and injustice wrought by lack of uniformity. 



2 Work done by Audubon societies. 



3 Bird enemies that should be suppressed by law but are not. Ought a 



bird-killing cat to have more liberty than a sheep-killing dog? 



4 The training of children to realize the value of birds and to respect 



the protective laws. 



5 Has 1vhe country suffered an economic loss in the complete or partial 



extinction of such birds as the passenger pigeon and the fast dis- 

 appearing wild turkey? If so, what can be done to restore their 

 niimbers ? 



