1 82 NATURE STUDY 



school as a whole might keep a note-book containing records of the 

 various times of the year when individuals of those kinds of birds 

 are seen which are known to the children. Keep a list of all the 

 kinds of birds (which the teacher knows) which make nests, with 

 the times of their nesting. When are the times of the first 

 appearance of the migrants with which teacher and children can 

 get acquainted? 



Other good fields of observations on birds are the moulting, 

 the care and feeding of the nestlings, the manner of flight, the 

 sleep, etc. 



A suggestive book about birds is Baskett's "The Story of 

 the Birds" (Appleton). Keeler's "Bird Notes Afield" (Elder & 

 Shephard, San Francisco) contains much information, popularly 

 told, about California birds. It also contains a key for determin- 

 ing the land birds of California. Coues' Key to North American 

 Birds, is the best book for teachers who wish to make a more 

 serious study of birds. 



