JANUARY 



145 



four to seven large, strong, green eggs specked witLi brown. 

 Its call note is " Caw."' Its food is corn, young birds, 

 birds' eggs, and sometimes stray insects and field mice. 



Sparrow. 



Parrot. 



Humming Bird. 



Birds' beaks. 



Method : 



If possible, secure a stuffed and mounted crow with a 

 nest filled with its proper quota of eggs. If this is im- 

 possible, give the children hektograph drawings. 



What bird is this ? When and where have you seen 

 it ? Look at its beak. How does it differ from the 

 beak of the sparrow and pigeon ? What do you think, 



