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Pick out the words that describe him. 



This is what a few writers think the Jay says: 



Flagg: Dilly-lily. 



Hofifman: Djay djay, tee-ar tee-ar teerr, too-wheedle loo-wheedle, which suggests 



the creaking of a wheelbarrow. 

 Matthews: J-aa-y j-aa-y, ge-rul-lup, ge-rul-lup, heigh-ho. 

 Samuels: Wheeo-wheeo-wheeo. 

 Seton: Sir-roo-tle, sir-roo-lle, sir-roo-tle. 



"Blue Jay, 

 Clad in blue with snow-white trimmings." 



— Frank Bolles. 

 The Blue Jay 



"Blows the trumpet of winter." 



— ^Thoreau. 

 "The brazen trump of the impatient Jay." 



— Thoreau. 

 "The Robin and the Wren are flown, but from the shrub the Jay, 

 And from the wood-top calls the Crow through all the gloomy day." 



— Bryant. 

 "Proud of cerulean stains 

 From heaven's unsullied arch purloined, 

 The Jay screams hoarse." 



GiSBORNE. 



"He who makes his native wood 

 Resound his screaming, harsh and rude, 

 Continuously the season through; 

 Though scarce his painted wing you'll view 

 With sable barred, and white and grey. 

 And varied crest, the lonely Jay!" 



— Bishop Mant. 



FOR AND FROM ADULT AND YOUNG 

 OBSERVERS 



COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA 



Would you care to hear from a rural school in Ontario which, through a 

 circular received from the United States, got into touch with the Audubon 

 Association and has now a very interesting Junior Audubon Society? 



We began our meetings in the spring of 1916, using the leaflet supplied 

 when in the classroom, and following our own bird friends when time and 

 weather permitted working outside. All the pupils in the school who were old 

 enough (twenty-six) became members, but we had a faithful and interesting 

 following among the younger pupils. 



Last spring we held a meeting in our classroom, to which parents and friends 

 were invited. The room was decorated with evergreens, bird-houses, a collec- 

 tion of nests made in the late fall, and our colored bird-pictures. 



