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NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [13:8— Nov., 1917 



Note the whirligig beetles and the water-striders playing on the 

 surface of pools. If the sun shines, note the shadows of the feet of 

 the water-striders on the brook bottom. 



Note and describe, where found and what any of the following 

 animals were doing in the neighborhood of the brook: Frogs, 

 toads, salamanders, snakes, turtles. 



Are there any muskrats, mink, woodchucks, rabbits, raccoons, 

 chipmunks or squirrels observed near the brook? Are the habita- 

 tions of any of these to be found? 



OUTLINE FOR STUDYING BROOK-LOVING BIRDS 



Are there any water-birds on or near the brook? Are these wild 

 or domesticated? 



Note the swallows darting about over the pools. What kinds are 

 they ? Are there any nests of bank-swallows to be seen ? 



What birds do you find in the open fields thru which the brook 

 flows? What kinds do you see in the woods above or near the 

 brook? 



What birds do you find in the swampy places? What ones do 

 you see in the trees which stand isolated? 



What birds' nests do you find near the brook? 



Making a Map of the Brook 



This must, of course, be a crude attempt at map-making judged by engineer- 

 ing standards; but it is an effective method of opening the pupils' eyes to the 

 course of the brook and the character of its banks and environment. The 

 map should be made in sections on the pages of the note book, which later 

 may be removed and pasted together. 



The map shown in this number of The Review was made by a Rural 

 School teacher who had never attempted to make a map from nature, before. 

 It shows only a section of the entire map. 



