This bulletin is published in the hope that through it children may 

 become better acquainted with their neighbors, the birds; that they 

 may leam to know them, love them and protect them. 



The birds selected are common ones. They may be found in nearly 

 every part of the state at some time during the year. The robin and 

 blue jay have been omitted, as it is thought they are already known by 

 the great majority of pupils. 



Teachers should use the descriptions of birds given in the following 

 pages in their claasswork, and should afford their pupils opportunity 

 to use the same, and to study the colored plates, which are particularly 

 valuable in teaching ready recognition of the birds. 



Records should be kept showing the arrival and departure of the 

 dift'erent birds. Pupils should be encouraged to observe the birds and 

 to talk about what they have seen. They should also be encouraged 

 to keep note books showing the resnlts of observation. 



Before the close of the coming summer each pupil should be able to 

 recogTiize easily such of the birds included in this pamphlet, as are 

 common to his neighborhood, and should also have acquired a consider- 

 able knowledge of their habits and economic value. 



This bulletin will be followed by other similar bulletins, so' that in 

 the course of a few years the youth of Wisconsin may be familiar mth 

 the majority of the birds in the state. The series should be carefully 

 preserved. 



The descriptions contained herein are entirely the work of Mr. and 

 Mrs. T. N. Mitchell, Milwaukee, Wis., to whom grateful thanks are due. 



M. B. 



