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among the rafters. For a woven nest, knitted in a way to rival grandma's stock- 

 ing heel, and sway from the branches as the stocking hangs between the needles,. 

 there is the Oriole's home on the tip end of the longest elm branch, or the pocket- 

 nest of the Red-eyed Vireo on the apple branch. For a dainty bit of fancy work, 

 the Hummingbird's circle of fern wool thatched witja lichen, takes the palm. 

 For carpentry, listen to the Flicker — the big Woodpecker of golden wing linings, 

 black throat crescent and red neck band — as he chisels a hole in a branch he 

 knows to be hollow, and safely beds his family upon the chips inside. 



"Then, there is the Chippy, who provides a horse-hair mattress, and many 

 other birds supply their young with feather-beds, while the Robin uses both 

 clay and grass. You will soon find that the birds not only take a great deal of 

 trouble in both housebuilding and housekeeping, but they never complain; though 

 perhaps that is because all bird husbands who have voices never forget to sing, 

 to them. Then the little girl promised to look and see for herself; won't you?'' 

 — M. O. W. 



Good Work in Schools 



Rhode Island. — As soon as our education work is sufficiently organized 

 our committee will plan to order certain lantern slides from your list. ^Mean- 

 time, we are arranging a conference for the teachers of this state, the State super- 

 intendents and our own local secretaries, the object being to bring our schools 

 and our society into touch with each other, and to demonstrate practical nature- 

 study equipment, show samples of the latest and most scientific literature and 

 to encourage a discussion of the entire field of teaching nature study. 



The conference will be held May 8th, and we hope to arouse real enthusiasm, 

 having good speakers promised for the occasion. 



May I ask whether you can send us sample copies of your bulletins or other 

 literature which we can show to teachers at that time? By next year we hope 

 to create sufficient interest to make it possible to place a complete set of your 

 bulletins in every school building and free public library of this state, but at present 

 we have not sufficient money. It may be possible, however, to raise the needed 

 sum in other ways, at least we are making an earnest effort to help the schools. — 

 Alice Hall Walter, Chairman oj Educational Committee, Audubon Society 

 0/ Rhode Island. 



North Dakota. — I wish to increase interest and information among the 

 two hundred teachers and several thousand school children of Richland county 

 in the many varieties of birds which frequent this locality, and the many others 

 which pass through it. You will greatly oblige me if you will send your Educa- 

 tional Leaflets to my address. I will appreciate very highl\- any further sugges- 

 tions which you may make. — F. R. Barnes, Superintendent oj Schools, Rich- 

 land county. 



