BIRD-STUDY 83 



Bath and drinking fountain. Copy or design a good combination bath 

 and drinking fountain. It would be a worth-while project to undertake 

 to make one as a class enterprise. Before undertaking it read up on the 

 essential things in such a device so as to make it really attractive to the 

 birds. 



Nest boxes. What is the essential thing in a wren box? The purple 

 martin nest should be located on a pole above low shrubbery, near a pond. 

 It should have nest sites for many pairs, and these should be away from 

 drafts. It must have several entrances so that if sparrows take possession 

 the martins can get in to drive them out. Draw on the opposite page the 

 plan for such a nest. 



Food and shelter. Birds may be fed out of the hand with prepared 

 food; or trees, shrubs, and herbs may be grown to furnish them food. If 

 grown in a tangle the thicket will afford excellent nest sites. What are 

 some of the good foods to use in attracting birds about the house ? List 

 some of the best plants, classifying them under trees, shrubs, herbs, to put 

 into the tangle or upon the lawn to afford edible fruits to birds. Draw a 

 map of the block in which you live, locating on this the position of houses, 

 trees, shrubbery, gardens, etc., and indicate by a red-ink dot the location 

 of each bird nest; a little number beside the dot may refer to the margin 

 and show the name of the bird owner. 



Comparative study of the parts of birds. Draw from specimens in the 

 school museum the heads of the following birds to show bill structure: 



The head of the cardinal. What is the food of the bird and why the heavy 

 beak?.. 



The bill is really a , 



Other birds with the same type of bill are 



