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Cornell University, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Summer School, July 2 to August 12. Work in ornithology will be given by Prof. 

 A. A. Allen, Elsa G. Allen, A.B., and Miles D. Pirnie. Two courses will be given, one 

 in general ornithology and one in applied ornithology. 



The course in general ornithology is designed to give an introduction to the study 

 of birds and a knowledge of the common species. The lectures will discuss such subjects 

 as classification, migration, coloration, song, nest-building, eggs, care of young, methods 

 of attracting birds, economic importance, etc. The laboratory practice with bird-skins 

 will give an intimate knowledge of the birds of eastern North America and familiarity 

 with the use of a manual. The aim of the field work is the field identification of birds 

 and their songs and observations upon their habits. There will be three lectures, two 

 laboratory and two field periods a week which will give University Credit of three hours. 

 Each student should be provided with Chapman's 'Handbook of Birds of Eastern 

 North America' and with field or opera glasses. 



The course in Applied Ornithology is intended primarily for teachers or students 

 who plan to go further with the study of ornithology. The lectures will discuss the 

 field open to prospective ornithologists, methods of teaching, museum work and the 

 preparation of specimens, bird photography, biological surveys, wild-life conservation, 

 and game-farming. The laboratory and field-work will give practical exercises along 

 these lines. This course is open only to students who are taking the first course or who 

 have had its equivalent. There will be two lectures and two laboratory or field periods 

 each week. Two hours of University Credit are allowed for the completion of this 

 course. 



For a full announcement of the Summer School, apply to Professor Allen or to the 

 Secretary of the College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. 



University or Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 



Two courses in ornithology will be given in the second term of the summer session, 

 July 25 to August 26, by Dr. Dayton Stoner. 



Course 105 S, The Birds of Iowa (5 hours; 1.6 Credit). This course is designed to aid 

 the student in identifying our commoner birds as well as to give some idea of their 

 fundamental structures and the basis of classification of this popular animal group. 

 Lectures, readings, class discussions, and the identification of bird-skins in the labora- 

 tory and of birds in the field will constitute the bulk of the work. This course should be 

 particularly valuable to those who are teaching or who expect to teach natural science. 

 The following course. No. 106S, affords a fitting companion course. Assistant Professor 

 Stoner. 



Course 106 S, Applied Ornithology (3 hours; i Credit). A lecture and reading course 

 which will acquaint the student with some of the more practical problems connected 

 with the study of birds. Such subjects as the relation of structure to the economic 

 importance of birds, the economic value of birds, legislation relative to their protection, 

 the function of the citizen in legislation, methods of encouraging beneficial species and 

 of combating those which may be harmful will be emphasized. Assistant Professor 

 Stoner. 



A full announcement of the Summer School may be obtained by addressing the 

 Director, Prof. C. H. Weller. 



University of Michigan, Biological Station at Douglas Lake, Mich. 



At the coming session of the University of Michigan Biological Station, located on 

 the shores of Douglas Lake, Cheboygan County, Mich., a course in ornithology will be 

 given by Prof. Zeno P. Metcalf, of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and 

 Engineering, West Raleigh, N. C, to whom letters of inquiry concerning the course 

 may be addressed. The course will concern itself with a study of the more common 



