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would come nearer ihc i)ur])ose of the bird-club if it read: "Vou should not want to eat 

 Ijirds that ought not to l)c killed." Perhaps the writer will look up the game-laws of 

 the different states and compare them with the federal laws, and report to her club on 

 the merits and defects of these laws as they now stand. This would make an inter- 

 esting subject to talk o\ er among the members. There is much that bird-clubs can do 

 for the communitN', and e\ery member of such a club may well bring up some subject 

 like tlic above for discussion. — .\. H. W] 



JUNCOS 



When I was in school the seventeenth of February, I looked out of the 

 window and there was a flock of Juncos out there. The Junco's back is a dark 

 slate color and half of its breast is white. Its bill is short. The Junco is very 

 useful to the farmer because it eats weed seed. Some of the seeds are the hog- 

 weed, the carrot and the silver leaf. The Juncos are seen in the winter about 

 Januarw — Lil.a Wright (aged 11), Logausville, lud. 



[Can tlic writer name other winter visitors and residents? — A. H. W.] 



WHAT A JUNIOR AUDUBON SOCIETY IS DOING 



I live in Xorth Greenwich, Conn. During February we formed a Junior 

 Audubon Class. We have twenty-five boy and girl members. It is named the 

 (Kiaker Ridge Audubon Club. 



The Xighthawk and Meadowlark have been studied. At our next meeting 

 we take up the Robin. We think our leaflets very pretty and enjoy coloring 

 the birfl outlines. 



The weather has been very severe this winter in the vicinity of New York 

 City. It has gi\'en our members a splendid chance to furnish the Nuthatch 

 and Meadowlark with food, — the snow covering the ground in some places 

 for several feet. — Evelyn Husted (aged 13), Secretary of the Quaker Ridge 

 Audubon Club. 



[Although delayed from last season in publication, this welcome letter shows the 

 usual conditions as well as the opportunities of winter bird-study in northern areas 

 subject to more or less frequent snowfalls. It shows also the value of societies for 

 bird-study, and the interest taken in the Educational leaflets published by the National 

 Association of .\udubon Societies. — A. H. W. 



A REQUEST 



Master William Broderick, whose address is 1003 Belle Street. Alton, Illinois 

 would like some bird friends for correspondents. The School Department would be 

 most glad to introduce to each other any bird-lovers who may wish to exchange observa- 

 tions with someone in a ditTerent part of the country, and to forward in every way pos- 

 sible cooperative work among schools or individuals. A Bird Migration Bureau in 

 each state would be an excellent medium for this kind of work, as will later l)e described 

 in these pages. — A. H. W. 



