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approach of other birds and last those most easily 

 driven away. 



11. Occasionally an individual bird has some 

 peculiar marking by which it may be recognized. 

 If you find any of this kind, make a special 

 study of that individual, noting in what ways 

 he differs from other individuals of the same 

 species. 



12. In what kind of weather do the largest 

 number of birds come to feed ? 



13. Toward night, watch the bird-houses or 

 shelters that you may have provided and see what 

 birds use them. 



The observations made both on the winter birds 

 and on those that nest in houses may well serve 

 as the foundation for much of the language-work. 

 The children will take hold of the work with much 

 more zest and interest because it is based upon 

 something which they have actually seen and 

 done. 



English Sparrow. — The great difficulty to be 

 met here, as with bird-houses, is the English spar- 

 row. But the ill results may be less noticeable 

 here than with the bird-houses, for only one pair 

 can nest in a house, while many birds may do their 

 feeding at a counter, if not at the same time, then 

 at different times during the day. But the gen- 



