Rural School Leaflet. 



749 



So much has been written on the common birds 

 that anyone wiUing to study can receive help in 

 becoming famiHar with them. I know a boy 

 eleven years old who knows nearly all the 

 birds in his vicinity, and there are many. He 

 gained his knowledge by accurate and patient 

 observation in the field, and by consulting Chap- 

 man's Bird Life, and Handbook of Birds, published 

 by D. Appleton & Co., New York city; and Neltje 

 Blanchan's Bird Neighbors, published by Double- 

 day, Page & Co. You may find these books in 

 your school library. If you are in a rural school, ^^'^■ 

 perhaps the teacher will have one of them on her desk, so that you 

 may consult it. Every farm boy and girl should know birds, and the 

 more intimately you are accjuainted with them the greater will be your 

 joy in the springtime. Then, too, many birds are beneficial to the 

 farmer, and they should be known and protected by him. Let farm 

 boys begin. 



6z — Cozvbirds. 



List of Birds Comprising the Spring Migration. 

 (Until April 20 — Approximate.) 



(Taken from Chapman's Handbook of Birds of Eastern 



North America.) 



DATE OF ARRIVAL 



Feb. i5-^Iar. 



Mar. 10-20 



Mar. 20-31 



10 Purple Grackle 

 Rusty Grackic 

 Red-winged Blackbird 

 Robin 

 Bluebird 

 Woodcock 

 Phoebe 



Meadow Lark 

 Fox sparrow 

 Cowbird 

 Wilson's Snipe 

 Kingfisher 

 Mourning Dove 

 Swamp-sparrow 

 Field-sparrow 



DATE OF ARRIVAL 



April i-io Great Blue Heron 



Purple Finch 



Vesper-Sparrow 



Savanna-sparrow 



Chipping-sparrow 



Tree swallow 



Myrtle Warbler 



American Pipit 



Hermit Thrush 

 April 10-20 Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 



Barn swallow 



Yellow Prdm Warbler 



Pine Warbler 



Louisiana Water Thrush 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet 



