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binations Each combination should be fairly representative 

 of the birds that children commonly see and of the different 

 important types, as (i) thrush, (2) seed eater, (3) purely or largely 

 insect eater, (4) winter resident, (5) miscellaneous. From the 

 loose plates listed as in stock, the following six combinations 

 have been worked out, all of which can be obtained in the Aububon 

 leaflets. By combining 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, we get com- 

 binations of ten, each having a woodpecker and a member of the 

 starling family. By substituting the phoebe, recently added to 

 the Audubon list, and the swallows, for something in the first 

 two large combinations, each of the three would have a bird that 

 catches its insect food while on the wing. Humming bird may 

 be substituted for kinglet, in No. 3-(?) 



Xo. 1 

 Robin 



Indigo bunting 

 Meadowlark 

 Chickadee 

 Redheaded wood- 

 pecker 



No. 5 



Brown thrasher 

 House sparrow 

 Red-winged black- 

 bird 

 Nuthatch 

 Flicker 



Xo. 2 

 Wren 

 Goldfinch 



Rose-breasted gros- 

 beak 

 Cedar Waxwing 

 Bobwhite 



Xo. 6 



Catbird 

 Song sparrow 

 Cardinal grosbeak 

 Kingbird 

 Redstart 



Xo. 3 No. 4 



Bluebird Wood thrush 



Chippy Bobolink 



Baltimore oriole Blue Jay 



Kinglets Scarlet tanager 



Downy wood- Cuckoo 

 pecker 



Xo. 7 (not found in Audubon 

 pictures) 

 Brown creeper 



Junco (or substitute either 



Red-eyed of these two for others 

 viero in combination Xo. 7) 



Maryland yel- Yellow-throated 

 low-throat vireo 



Sapsucker Kingfisher 



For the kindergartners, we have picked out two sets of ten 

 each, including most of the common and brightly colored birds, 

 and especially those associated with children's poems and songs. 



In planning to do color work with birds, we have several alter- 

 natives. Drawings may be made from mounted specimens. 

 This is work properly belonging to the art department and has 

 not given good results. Characteristics of beaks and feet in 

 relation to the environment and food may be approached in 

 some other way. Coloring a bird in outline according to a 

 picture of the same size, shape, and posture is only practice in 

 applying pigments. Adapting the color to the outline from a 

 mounted bird or from a picture of a bird in a different position 

 is at least one level above mere copy work. In this respect the 

 Comstock bird plates have the advantage of calling for a little 



