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THE OOLOGIST. 



schools for the study of birds, their 

 habits, uses and principles of kindness 

 and protection that should be accorded 

 them. 



At the request of Mrs. M. S. Stephen- 

 son of Helena, Ark., who has taken the 

 lead in this matter, in response to the 

 generous sentiment that is now abroad 

 in our state in this behalf, I beg to sug- 

 gest a programme of work for those 

 schools which choose to take an inter- 

 est in the cause; so that by April 24, a 

 uniformity in celebration may be ob- 

 served. The programme is merely sug- 

 gestive, and teachers are at liberty to 

 use their own judgement, as to any part 

 of it or all of it, varying the time and 

 subjects prior to the 24th of April as 

 they may deem proper. This is not a 

 proclamation or an order under any 

 law, as this office has no authority to 

 take such a course; but it is simply an 

 advisory method of bringing to the at- 

 tention of our schools that principle of 

 humane treatment of birds that is now 

 recognized as worthy of the attention 

 of our legislatiive authorities. 



Submitted herewith is the following 

 programme for Friday exercises to be 

 arranged for classes and varied as the 

 teacher judges most suitable: 

 Friday. March 26, 2 p. m.— 



(a) Name the birds in your county. 



(b) Describe some particular bird, its 

 habits, mode of living, nest building, 

 etc. 



(c) Stories of birds, oral and written. 

 Fi'iday. April 2, 2 p. m.— 



(a) Home birds; migratory birds, ac- 

 companied by stories and poems from 

 authors. Habits and dates for coming 

 and going. 



(b) Aquatic birds; birds of the ocean, 

 lakes and swamps. 



Api'il 9, 2 p. m. — 



(a) Usefulness of birds; protection of 

 birds; moral principle of kindness to- 

 wards them. 



(b) Birds as harbingers of the weath- 



er and seasons; birds that may be edu- 

 cated or trained. 

 April 16, 2 p. m. — 



(a) Birds peculiar to certain sections 

 of the United States. 



(b) Classify game birds, song birds, 

 gregarious birds, insectivorous birds. 

 April 23— 



(a) Birds that are noted in history, 

 emblems of heraldry, warriors, nations. 



(b) Birds that children have seen at 

 shows, not natives of this country^ 

 where from? 



(c) Stories and poems recited by class 

 and lectured by teachers. 



Junius Jordan. 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 



Folllowing is a full text of the bill as 

 approved by the governor: 



Be it enacted by the general assembly 

 of the state of Arkansas: 



Section 1. It shall be unlawfnl for 

 any person within the state of Arkansas 

 to kill wound or injure any wild bird, 

 other than the game birds, or to des- 

 troy, disturb or rob the nests of any- 

 such birds, or to sell or expose for sale, 

 either dead or alive, any of such birds, 

 and it shall be unlawful for any rail- 

 road company, express company, steam- 

 boat company, or other company or 

 corporation, or private person, their 

 agents, employes or servants, to have 

 in possession or receive for transporta- 

 tion or carriage or for any other pur- 

 poses whatever, any such birds or eggs; 

 but this section shall not apply to Eng- 

 lish Sparrows, Crows, Blackbirds, 

 Hawks, Owls, Eagles and other birds of 

 prey, nor shall it prohibit any person 

 from killing any such birds on his own 

 premises, when in the act of destroying- 

 fruit or other crops. 



Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect 

 from and after its passage. 



Approved March 16, 1897. — From the 

 Arkansas Democrat. 



