THE BIRD-LIFE OF LONDON 



another, the Starling of another, the Rook and the Dove 

 of others, and so forth. They should be taken as illus- 

 trative examples of as many of the broad facts of general 

 ornithology as may be possible ; but this at a later stage 

 of study. Then comes the school museum. Too often 

 this is a mere cupboard full of odds and ends and rubbish 

 of no use whatever from an educational point of view. 

 Each should contain at least stuffed specimens of the 

 common birds of the neighbourhood, together with a set 

 of models of the eggs of the commoner species. A school 

 museum should be organised on lines that illustrate the 

 course of instruction, and uniformity of arrangement 

 should be followed. 



ANALYTICAL TABLE OF THE BIRDS OF 

 LONDON 



