RECORDS, VOLUME XI, MAY, 1919. 101 



METHODS IN BIRD STUDY. 



A SYLLABUS OF LECTURES GIVEN AT THE 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 



SuMMKE School 1919, By C. J. Maynakp, 



INTRODUCTION. 



The primar\' object of these lectures is 

 to teach the best methods of identifying spe- 

 cies among birds in order that their econom- 

 ic, scientific, and aesthetic value may be un- 

 derstood and appreciated. These points will 

 be discussed under each species considered. 

 All lectures will be illustrated by specimens. 

 Lecture, first period, 8-9., Excursions every 

 afternoon; time and place of meeting an- 

 nounced at morning lecture — -giving an op- 

 portunity for practical bird study. 



