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Home Xature-Stuuv Course. 



Photographed by O. L. Foster. 



Wood Thriish. 



While in a general way we, 

 most of us, know something of 

 the habits of the hinls which 

 build their nests around our 

 grounds and houses, yet when it 

 comes to exact knowledge, I think 

 very few of us know ver}- much 

 about them. The \\ov\<i of the 

 Home Nature-Study Class will 

 be devoted largely this spring to 

 an accurate and careful study of 

 the nesting habits of some of 

 our more neighborly birds. I 

 wish that each pupil would keep 

 a diary of the robin, the blue- 

 bird, the chippy, the English 

 sparrow, or any other Ijird that 

 is building near at hand this 

 spring, and thus gain some exact 

 information about the home life 

 of our bird neighbors, and 

 answer the following questions : 



I. On what date did you first 

 see the bird ? 



2. Did the male h'wd appear 

 first or the female? 



3. What is their food and where do they get it? 



4. When was the nest begun? 



5. Where is the nest placed? 



6. What is the material used? 



