1,1 ■' M 



I '.itch a whirligig bed le. 



13. Pind a pond snail. 



14. Locate thr home of a muskrut. 



15. Get afresh water muaa&l lu-U. 



i'>. Obtain a water plant that bai enlarged aii -paces. Mechanical UanMa 



are not needed to lupporl the water plant. 



17. Some water plants have a tnneila^'e to help them float and as a defense 

 against animals. Find one. 



18. One gfOOp of aqnatie plant! develop bladders. Find 



19. Is ( Mney Pond natural Of artificial? B.ims for answer. 



20. What part of Olney Pond is deepest? Reason for an 

 31. Pind a rock that the glacier left. 



22. Find a rock not left by the glacier. 



23. What town are you in? 



24. Find a wind blown tree. 



25. In what direction do the uppermost tips of the ever g re e n I band ' 



26. In what direction is the wind blowing? 



27. What is the weather going to be to-morrow.' 



28. Find little maple trees or oak trees just sprouted. 



29. Find a bush in the damp woods that has a yellow blossom. The leaves 

 have not come out and the broken twigs have an aromatic odor. 



30. Locate a squirrel's nest. What is the material? 



31. Find a specimen of equisetum (Horsetail). 



32. Locate a woodchuck's hole. Is he at home? How know? 



33. Gather some frog's eggs. 



34. Locate a crow's nest? Of what is it made? 



35. Obtain the fruit of the elm tree. 



36. Find the end twigs of oak trees which gray squirrels have scattered over 

 the ground. 



37. Find a pine cone from which the squirrels have removed the seeds. 



38. Find some land snails. 



39. Find a tree that the woodpecker has "pecked" for grubs. 



40. Find limax, the garden slug. 



FORTHCOMING ISSUES 



The winter birds will have complete possession of the Decem- 

 ber Number. A full account will be given of the benefit these 

 birds work in our orchards, forests and fields. An outline will be 

 given for school room as well as out-of-door work, and what to 

 feed birds and how and where to attract them. 



The January Number will be devoted to the winter bab 

 our common wild animals and will contain a delightful, illustrated 

 article on the study of tracks in the snow by Professor Hegner of 

 Ann Arbor and a detailed description of a study of animal tracks 

 made by the pupils of a rural school. 



