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From time to time, special nature-study exhibits might be added to the 

 attractions of the corner. School exhibits along this same line would also be 

 of general interest to the public, and by means of them our common schools 

 and the busy, indifferent grown-ups might pleasantly and profitably be drawn 

 into a more intimate relationship. 



To successfully further such a method of educating public sentiment, the 

 Audubon Societies should prepare, each year, a list of up-to-date publications 

 on this very complex subject of home resources, and send a copy of the same 

 to each library with the request that as many additions as are within its means 

 be made to the new department. 



The traveling library offers as great, if not greater, advantages than the 

 stationary library in this work of distributing information. By means of 

 it, even the most remote hamlet in the state can be reached. Statistics show 

 that the traveling library meets with a ready welcome, almost without ex- 

 ception. 



How many traveling libraries has each state? How many distinctively 

 nature-study libraries? How general is their circulation, not only in the 

 homes, but also in the schools of the state? 



In any enterprise, cooperation is the key to success. Nature-study is a 

 subject important to all the people, whether in school or out. Let us seek the 

 aid of our great public library system in bringing within the reach of every one 

 the best information possible, as a basis for the work of conserving home re- 

 sources. — A. H. W. 



A Request 



Will readers of the School Department of Bird-Lore who live in localities 

 frequented by the European Starling kindly send in notes of its winter and 

 summer distribution, relation to other species, food, habits, song and increase? 

 It is important that this introduced species should be studied and become as 

 widely known as possible, in order that its movements and habits shall be 

 accurately followed. 



FOR TEACHERS 



Migration Afterthoughts 



WITH bird-study, as with everything else, the most exciting part is 

 supposed to be the most important, or, at least, the most interesting. 

 Without questioning either the importance or the absorbing 

 attraction of the migration movements of birds, especially during the spring, 

 there is still a wealth of material left for bird-students to get hold of through- 

 out the rest of the year. 



May and June bring mating, nesting and the full song-period, for most 

 of our bird-population in the northern United States. But just how to settle 



