340 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [13:8— Nov., 1917 



Note the whirligig beetles and the water-striders playing on the 

 surface of pools. If the stin shines, note the shadows of the feet of 

 the water-striders on the brook bottom. 



Note and describe, where found and what any of the following 

 animals were doing in the neighborhood of the brook: Frogs, 

 toads, salamanders, snakes, turtles. 



Are there any muskrats, mink, woodchucks, rabbits, raccoons, 

 chipmunks or squirrels observed near the brook? Are the habita- 

 tions of any of these to be foimd? 



OUTLINE FOR STUDYING BROOK-LOVING BIRDS 



Are there any water-birds on or near the brook ? Are these wild 

 or domesticated? 



Note the swallows darting about over the pools. What kinds are 

 they ? Are there any nests of bank-swallows to be seen ? 



What birds do you find in the open fields thru which the brook 

 flows? What kinds do you see in the woods above or near the 

 brook ? 



What birds do you find in the swampy places? What ones do 

 you see in the trees which stand isolated? 



What birds' nests do vou find near the brook? 



Making a Map of the Brook 



This must, of course, be a crude attempt at map-making judged by engineer- 

 ing standards; but it is an effective method of opening the pupils' eyes to the 

 course'^of the brook and the character of its banks and environment. The 

 map should^be made in sections on the pages of the note book, which later 

 may be removed and pasted together. 



The map shown in this number of The Review was made by a Rural 

 School teacher who had never attempted to make a map from nature before. 

 It shows only a section of the entire map. 



