News Notes 



CALIFORNIA 



Newspapers and County Libraries of northern California are cooperating 

 enthusiastically in the plan of testing out the possibilities of nature-study in 

 every city and rural school of the state, this first story of the campaign appear- 

 ing recently in the Sacramento Bee. 



Hummingbirds, Richly Garbed, here ix Numbers 



"The wedding dance of the Anna's Hummingbird," said C. M. Goethe 

 to-day, "may be witnessed this week in many a garden in the coast counties. 

 Stripped of feathers, the body of this hummer is hardly larger than a bumble- 

 bee's. The diminutive wings have finished the long journey from its Mexican 

 Winter quarters. The males, however, are none too tired for their energetic 

 wooing. 



"The modestly garbed but attentive female sits on a limb. One, perhaps 

 more, of these winged jewels commences the dythmic movement, flashing in 

 the peculiar, pendulum-like swing of the wooing dance. It is a sight once seen 

 never to be forgotten. 



"California is rich in humming-birds. While the East has only the ruby- 

 throated, this State has six kinds. No California child should reach the high 

 school age without the pleasure of intimate friendship with each variety. 

 Good bird books can be obtained through any branch of any County Library in 

 California. Some, like Wheelock and Bailey, have keA's which guide the 

 beginner in identifying birds by their colors." 



The idea is to call attention to events in Nature's Calendar through reliable 

 observations by several correspondents, who send them to a central ofhce where 

 they are given a relation to books in the libraries and are then published. 

 People interested may obtain the library books through any of the 2 141 

 branches of the County Library System. 



MASSACHUSETTS 

 New England Federation of Natural History Societies 

 Portland Society Natural History. Newton (Maynard) Soc. Nat. Hist. 



Josselyn Botanical Society. Worcester Natural History Society. 



Knox Acad, of Arts and Sciences. Appalachian Mountain Club. 



Maine Academy of Science. Barton Science Club. 



Vermont Botanical and Bird Club. Boston Society Natural History. 



Hartland Nature Club. Boston Malacological Club. 



Rhode Island Field Naturalists' Club. Boston Scientific Society. 

 Providence Franklin Society. Boston Mycological Club. 



Rhode Island Entomological Society. BrookHne Bird Club. 

 Lawrence Society Natural History. Cambridge Entomological Club. 



Andover Natural History Society. Home and Field Club. 



Fall River Society Natural History. New England Botanical Club. 



Bristol County (Taunton) Acad. Sci. Science Club. 



Marlboro Society Natural History. Fenway Natural History Club. 



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