The Audubon Societies i6i 



Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. 



The summer work in ornithology at Oberlin College is so different from that given 

 by any of the other institutions and so interesting that a communication from Prof. 

 Lynds Jones, who conducts it, is given in full: 



"In 191 5 and 1916 I took the class by train to the coast of Washington, then the 

 war interrupted. In 1919, the trip was made with automobiles to the same region. 

 In 1920, automobiles were used again, but we went into California. 



"This summer, starting on June 23, the trip will again be with automobiles (more 

 properly 'Fords'). It will be westward to Grinnell, Iowa, my old home, thence north- 

 ward to Lake Okoboji, thence northward into Minnesota to strike the Yellowstone 

 Highway west of Minneapolis. This highway will then be traversed all the way to 

 Livingston, Mont., from where a side trip of four days will be made into Yellowstone 

 Park. From Livingston the route leads through Butte and Missoula, and past Flat- 

 head Lake, to the west entrance of Glacier Park. Three or four days will be spent in 

 this park. We then run through Spokane, Wenatchee, and Snoqualmie Pass to Tacoma, 

 Wash. From Tacoma a side trip will be made into Ranier Park. After this we will 

 run out to the ocean at Moclips for a short stay. 



"it is to be an ecological trip, with rather more attention paid to birds than to other 

 subjects, partly because they are the most conspicuous and easily studied of the animals. 

 Stops will be made along the way for more intensive studies at particularly favorable 

 places. My plan is to make these studies in types of en\dronment rather than try to 

 cover the whole of the route. The life zones traversed will be from the Upper Austral 

 to the Arctic-Alpine. The upper zones can best be studied in the parks because there 

 the bird life has been carefully worked out and there are guide-books obtainable. 



"New cars are bought for this trip, and are sold in Tacoma, the members of the 

 party returning by train, each his own way. The proceeds of the sale of the cars go into 

 rebates to members of the party. The cost, exclusive of tuition, and including the return, 

 is about $350. 



"it is a seven weeks' trip, si.x full days of each week being spent in study. A College 

 Credit of eight semester hours is given as a maximum, but this Credit is based upon a 

 paper which is written after the completion of the trip and after assigned reading. 



"In 1919 there were 14 women and 7 men; in 1920 there were 10 women and 9 men. 

 The most of these were students of Oberlin College, but in each party there have been 

 students from other institutions. 



"The entrance requirements for this trip, if it is to receive College Credit, are a year 

 of zoology or botany. It is desirable for the prospective student to have had, in addition, 

 a good course in physiography, and familiarity with birds. 



"This is a strictly camping trip. Every night is spent out in the open. One meal a 

 day is secured at some eating-house along the way, but the morning and evening meals 

 are taken in camp. Each person provides himself with sufficient bedding. Sleeping-cots 

 are not used because of their weight and because they are too cold. Each of the cars is 

 made into a sort of pullman bed. Thus half of the party can sleep in the cars. The other 

 half make their beds on the ground. Tents are taken for emergencies, but are seldom 

 used because we have never encountered wet weather. One readily learns to make a 

 good job of dressing in his sleeping-bag. The cars make comfortable dressing places for 

 the women. 



"Of course, lectures are given as occasion demands, but the main part of the work 

 consists in taking the students to the work and gixdng them such directions as may 

 seem appropriate. Some blunder around at first, but all of them finally learn to make 

 fairly accurate interpretations." 



For further particulars address Prof. Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. 



