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4. Name five birds that do not commence to sing until after they arrive or that never 

 sing in your locality. 



5. Have you ever heard a female bird sing? Be sure that it is a female and not an 

 immature male which has the plumage of the female. 



6. Have you ever heard a bird sing at night? How many kinds? 



7. Do you know of any favorite perches from which birds sing? Have any of them 

 been used for more than one season? 



8. What mechanical substitutes for birds' song have you heard and how are they 

 produced? 



9. How many kinds of birds have you heard singing on the wing? Were their songs 

 the same as those ordinarily given in each case? 



10. How many different birds' songs do you know and how did you learn them? Can 

 you imitate any of them? 



11. Have you learned to imitate the 'squeak' or distress call of birds and if so, what 

 is the greatest number of birds you have ever called together at one time? 



12. Do birds sing near their nests? At what time of day are they nearest to their 

 nests while singing? 



13. When do birds stop singing? Try to keep a record of the last time you hear each 

 species sing this summer. 



14. Do birds inherit their songs or do they learn them by imitation? When do they 

 learn them? 



15. How many different call-notes have you heard from one bird? 



For or From Young Observers 

 HOUSE TO LET 



Mr. C. Pigeon, Editor 



Of the Daily Winged Sun. 

 Dear Sir: Enclosed you'll find an ad. 



We'd like to have you run. 



For Rent: One unused summer-house 



In vines that grow so high 

 Both rooms and perches, back and front, 



Are hid from passersby. 



Surroundings here are quite the best: 



No cats, worms by the score, 

 A nearby garden full of seeds 



If young birds cheep for more. 



You'll find the neighbors proud to make 



You feel that you belong. 

 This house was built for birds alone, 



We'll rent it for a song. 



— Kathryn Quarles, Austin, Texas. 



