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Oregon, notice the Jays, " Clarke's Crow," or 

 " Nutcracker," etc. 



Throughout the year, read poetry and prose 

 upon Birds and Nature, committing to memory 

 some of the poems. The following are sug- 

 gested : 



Poetry. 



The Emperor's Bird-nest, H. W. Longfellow. 

 Birds at Dawn, Harriet E. Paine, The Wren's 

 Nest, Dinah Mulock Craik. Christmas in Norway, 

 Celia Thaxter. What the Swallows Say, Theophile 

 Gautier. The Kingfisher, Celia Thaxter. The 

 Brown Thrasher, Mabel Osgood Wright. 



Prose. 



Birds in the Bush: Chapters, "Bird-Songs," 

 "Character in Feathers," "Minor Songsters," "A 

 Bird-Lover's April," " A Month's Music," Bradford 

 Torrey. Ways of Wood Folk : Chapters, " An Ori- 

 ole's Nest," " Crow- ways," " Snowy Visitors," "A 

 Christmas Carol," "A Fellow of Expedients," Wil- 

 liam y. Long. 



Third Year — Eighth Grade. 



During this year, a wider general knowledge 

 of bird-life should be obtained, and a more 

 particular and familiar acquaintance with local 

 species of birds should be made. 



