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requested to bring to the teacher. It is far better in every 

 way to train children to be house-builders for the birds than 

 nest-destroyers. Abandoned nests, of course, may be brought 

 to the school for study. 



Topics for Stud;/ of Birds. — 1. Migrations : — Migrative 

 records ; summer and winter residents. 



2. Nests and Eggs : — Location, material, form, method of 

 constructing ; size, color, shape and number of eggs ; appear- 

 ance, care, feeding of the nestlings ; the regard children 

 should have for eggs and nests. 



3. Song: — Character; time and manner; male's and female's 

 notes, calls, alarms. 



4. Color : — Relation to song, to sex, to protection, to 

 location of nest; variation with season. 



