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times there is a contest to see who can iden- 

 tify the greatest number of birds from colored 

 pictures held up one at a time. The young 

 people are provided with pencils and paper and 

 without consulting one another write down the 

 names of the birds as they are shown. At other 

 times the juniors are given instructions in ty- 

 ing suet to branches brought to the meeting on 

 purpose, and then after experimenting indoors 

 every member is provided with a generous lump 

 of suet and some string and the whole party 

 goes out doors to put into practice what they 

 have learned. 



The Brookline (Mass.) Bird Club has a paid 

 instructor who helps the members to plan all 

 sorts of activities and at different times escorts 

 the children and adult members on bird walks 

 and aids them in identifying birds with which 

 they are not familiar. The Brush Hill Bird 

 Club of Milton, Mass., distinguished itself some 

 time ago by holding an exhibition of nest boxes, 

 food houses, bird baths, and other similar 

 appliances and the Arnold Arboretum coop- 

 erated by loaning a collection of shrubs, creepers, 

 and other plants which are especially attractive 

 to birds. 



The Claremont (N. H.) Bird Club has been 

 interested in outlining a graded course of bird 



