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8. Make a list of weed seeds eaten by birds. 



9. Have book in which to make drawings of birds. 



10. Make a collection of bird pictures. 



11. Make a list of famous bird-poems. 



12. Collect some good bird-books for the library. 



13. Read at least one good book on birds. 



14. Write a description of the nest and eggs of each of the following : 

 robin, oriole, swallow, woodpecker, killdeer, quail, wren, and bluebird. 



15. Write a story on "Birds in Our Orchard." 



16. Write a story on "My Favorite Bird." 



17. Let pupils bring lists of domestic and wild birds on the home 

 farm. 



18. Let some tract of land, or some grove, woodlot or park be 

 visited for the study of birds and the insects they eat. 



NOTE. This work should be commenced at the beginning of the 

 school year and continued in the spring, when the birds return. 



Questions. 



1. What is ornithology? 



2. What are the chief distinctions between birds and mammals? 



3. To what order do each of the following belong: eagle, robin, 

 woodpecker, quail, ostrich, goose? 



4. Explain cause and manner of the migratory movement of birds. 



5. Name some non-migratory birds that are adapted to climatic 

 changes. 



6. How do the habits of robins and bobolinks in the north differ 

 from their habits in the south? 



7. Name some species of birds that have become extinct. 



8. Is the bat a mammal or a bird? 



9. What difference have you observed between the walk of a robin 

 and a crow? 



10. What difference is there in the arrangement of the claws of a 

 woodpecker and a quail? 



11. What is a roost? What difference is there between a quail roost 

 and a black-bird roost? 



12. Do the eggs of different orders and species of birds require the 

 same length of time for hatching? 



13. Name some species that are gregarious and some that live in 

 pairs. 



14. What difference have you observed in the number of eggs in a. 

 pigeon's nest and the number of eggs in a quail nest? 



15. What difference is there in the feeding of young between a hen 

 and an oriok? 



