Bird - Lore 



JOHN BURROUGHS, AT SLABSIDES, ENTERTAINING THE VASSAR COLLEGE 

 WAKE ROBIN CLUB. 



and brought to the meeting) ; 'Our Winter Birds;' 'Physiological Parts of a Bird;' 

 a stereopticon lecture on 'Winter Haunts.' Many additional features were 

 accomplished through the aid of Prof. Tilley and Prof. Howard Sandison 

 of the Indiana State Normal School. A contest was conducted among the 

 school-children for the making of novel and practical bird-houses. These were 

 exhibited in the windows of the prominent stores and the awards made at the 

 Public Library. 



Many of the public schools made charts of their districts. The children 

 located as many bird-nests as possible and marked their location on the chart. 

 They then watched the progress of the brooding and, as the eggs were laid, 

 colored the marks on the chart accordingly and classified the species. This 

 slight research work aroused great interest among the little people. Miss Rose 

 Griffith, head of the art department of the public schools, stimulated further 

 interest by introducing a course of bird- and nest-drawing into the curriculum 

 of her department. 



A vigorous newspaper campaign was conducted against the wearing of bird 

 ornaments or feathers as adornment. The general publicity, so graciously 

 given us by the newspapers, was of great aid in our first year's work. They 

 accorded space for articles written monthly by Club members, the subject each 

 month being the birds inhabiting these parts at the time. The Bird Club was 



