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During the spring and fall it is an excellent plan to record on the 

 board the name of each new bird as it appears, together with the date 

 of its appearance and the name of the pupil who first sees it. 



It is sometimes well to have the pupils make lists of the birds seen 

 within the school grounds, or the village, or a particular field. If the 

 school be in a large city where few birds are seen, specimens of mounted 

 birds or bird skins may be shown, and trips to the museums or zoological 

 gardens may take the place of the tramps which the village or country 

 teacher can have. Beautiful colored pictures of birds, which are excellent 

 for schoolroom work, can be procured at very small cost. The Perry 

 Pictures Co., Maiden, Mass., and AJ W. Mumford, Chicago, 111., have a 

 large list of these. 



In many graded schools systematic work in bird study is mapped out 

 for several years throughout the grades, and excellent results are being 

 realized, 



