orJKCTIVK SKASONAL l.KSSoNS. 



Ill, i,tip';ifii>/i (SCO ('liaptiT \'IIi. — As ;i |)i-<'liiiii- 

 ii;u-y st('j) to cxcixMscs in i<l('iililic;it ion tlir student 

 should learn to name the parts of a bird's pluiiia*::*' 

 as tliey are given in Fiizni'e '!:>. The teaehei* should 

 then select a plate of a land-hird, and placinii' it at 

 a distance of \vo\\\ twenty to thirty feet from the 

 ]n;pil, have him wi'itc^ a o]ie-minnte description of it. 

 This dcsci'iption should include the bird's approxi- 

 mate len<zth,'" color of crown, back, tail, wings, 

 tlnY)at, bi'east, aiid abdomen. It is well to have 

 a blank ])i'eparcd and I'cady to iill in ^vitll the 

 descriptions of the parts named. I'o this may 

 be added any particular characters of form {<■. <j., 

 crests. loiiL!- tail, etc.) or color {(\ fj., face or rum[) 

 marks, <'tc.). 



AVith this descripti(m in hand the student should 

 then turn to tlie key f)n ])age 7<1. This is ])rimarily 

 dcsiiiiied to identify birds in Nature, and its major 

 divisions ai'c based on the most striking habits of the 

 birds. This, however, would not be apj)i"eciable in 

 the bird plate, and the teachei* should, thei'efore, 

 designate in w liich of the thi'ce ju'incipal groups the 

 binl belongs. The pupil should then procei'd witli 



* A Kobiii is ten iiiclies, an Enj;lisli or Tlousi' Sparrow six and 

 onc-cjuartcr inclu's, in k'ni;lli. ^Icnlal conipaiison with oillier of 

 tht'sc familiar hints will cnahlr one to readily otiniate the leni^lh 

 of anv of our Passeres. 



