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Rural School Leaflet 



the sun during the heat of the day. It is better to have the box face 

 toward the south. 



Frequently, boxes placed on the house or the school building, below or 

 beside an upper window, prove attractive to wrens, swallows, or blue- 

 birds and are then near enough for observation. These boxes, however, 

 are frequently overrun with English sparrows and are unsuccessful for 

 that reason. - 



The best results with bird boxes are always obtained by studying the 

 habits of the birds of the neighborhood that nest in holes, and reproducing 

 their nesting conditions as nearly as possible. 



LIST OF BIRDS COMPRISING THE SPRING MIGRATION 



(Until April 30 - 



Date of arrival 



Feb. 15-Mar. 10 Purple grackle 

 Rusty grackle 

 Red-winged black- 

 bird 

 Robin 

 Bluebird 



Mar. 10-20 Woodcock 



Phcebe 

 Meadow lark 

 Cowbird 

 Fox sparrow 



Mar. 20-31 Wilson's snipe 



Kingfisher 

 Mourning dove 

 Swamp sparrow 

 Field sparrow 



Apr. 1-10 Great blue heron 



Purple finch 

 Vesper sparrow 

 Savanna sparrow 

 Chipping sparrow 

 Tree swallow 

 Myrtle warbler 

 American pipit 



Approximate) 



Date of arrival 

 Apr. 1-10 Hermit thrush 

 Apr. 10-20 Yellow-bellied wood- 

 pecker 

 Barn swallow 

 Yellow palm warbler 

 Pine warbler 

 Louisiana water 



thrush 

 Ruby-crowned king- 

 let 

 Apr. 20-30 Green heron 



Spotted sandpiper 

 Whippoorwill 

 Chimney swift 



Least flycatcher 



* * * * * * 



Black-and-white 



warbler 



* * * * * * 



Ovenbird 

 House wren 

 Brown thrasher 

 Catbird 

 Wood thrush 



