196 NATURE STUDY. 



Geography. 



Geograph}' is the one subject in the elementary schools 

 that easily co-ordinates with nature study, for it is nature 

 study, or should be. The lack of interest that is too often 

 seen among pupils in this subject is due to the fact that it 

 is not made a study of nature, but of a textbook. The num- 

 ber of teachers that aresubcribers to Nature Study is so 

 large that this subject will be a regular feature of the mag- 

 azine in the future, and contributions are invited from 

 teachers or any that are interested. In this way the pub- 

 lication will be more valuable to its readers and carry a 

 fuller message to those who love nature. 



A Meadow Lark in Winter. 



Editor of Nature Study : 



On February first of this year Oak Hill in Manchester 

 was almost entirely covered with snow. Here and there 

 on the southern slopes it had blown off, or melted away, 

 leaving the bare earth exposed. On the date mentioned 

 I saw a Meadow Lark (Sturnella magna) fly up from this 

 feeding ground. His flight was a short one, and he 

 alighted on the ground again. I approached nearer, when 

 once more he flew : this time into a tree. A third time I 

 saw him fly, and this time he went beyond human ability 

 to follow. Of course he had not shown me his breast, 

 and his small size puzzled me. A second trip made on 

 the afternoon of that same day to that same spot revealed 

 him without a doubt to be a Meadow I^ark. The little 

 fellow had wintered here. That his fare had been meagre 

 his thin body and forlorn appearance testified. Again on 

 the fourteenth instant he was seen in the same place, alone 

 as before. This time he took me into his confidence and 



