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MIGRATING BIRDS 



41, White-throated Sparrow; 42, Lincoln's Sparrow; 43, Oven-bird; 44, 

 Ruby-crowTied Kinglet; 45, Golden-crowned Kinglet; 46, Black-and-White 

 Warbler; 47, Maryland Yellow-throat; 48, Tennessee Warbler; 49, Black- 

 poll Warbler; 50, Myrtle Warbler; 51, Magnolia Warbler; 52, Olive-backed 

 Thrush; 53, Veery Thrush; 54, Hermit Thrush. 



Besides the migrants named, others were seen but not identified. 



One of the chief reasons for so many bird records in Vermilion is the interest 

 taken by the school teachers and the instruction in bird-life which they give 

 to their pupils. During a stereopticon lecture on birds not long since, the 

 children were able to name every bird thrown on the screen. After the 

 lecture a teacher proudly showed me the Bluebirds which her pupils had 

 drawn in colors. 



THE MOURNING DOVE DOES NOT SIP WATER LIKE OTHER BIRDS, 

 BUT SUCKS IT UP 



The sympathy of children in Vermilion for every bird tragedy is very 

 marked. Half a dozen small girls brought a wounded young Bronzed Crackle 

 to our home one day to see if anything could be done for it. After a hard 

 storm a group of children carried a dead Hermit Thrush to their teacher for 

 identification. After a vicious winter storm a group of boys brought a wounded 

 Lapland Longspur to our door. They had gathered a number of crippled 

 birds into a hayloft where they could feed and be warm until well. A girl of 

 six, between sobs, scolded a boy of ten because he had wounded a Grosbeak 

 with his slingshot. And a little lisping lad of four rang the bell one day and 

 timidly remarked, "I came to ask if a bat was a bird." Few are the yards 

 where the children do not know the location of every nest and diligently 

 guard them from all enemies. 



So general is bird knowledge in Vemiilion that men over seventy years 



