444 Bird - Lore 



i8. Learn something about the regulations of our federal inspection of meat. What 

 is good meat? bad meat? Be careful to define the latter correctly. 



19. How much do you know about the artificial propagation of wild birds? 



20. What is the National Association of Audubon Societies doing in this direction? 

 Private game-preserve holders? The Government of this and other countries? 



Get all the information you can at first hand through public libraries, and the federal 

 bulletins already mentioned. Failing in these sources, the School Department will 

 try to refer you to other sources. — A. H. W. 



For and From Adult and Young Observers 



ROBIN 



Black back, wings, tail and head. 

 Has Mr. Robin, with breast of red. 

 His nest is in that little tree, 

 With Mrs. Robin and babies three. 



If you want to see him, just remember, 

 From early April till 'round September, 

 He stays in the north and is so gay, 

 Caring for his wife and family. 



When the babies learn to fly 

 Way up into the bright blue sky. 

 Then to the south the Robins go 

 To get away from the ice and snow. 



— Donald H. Robinson, Audubon School, Scranton, Pa. 



WORD FROM SCRANTON, PA. 



Being a teacher in Audubon School and an organizer of Junior Bird Clubs 

 in Scranton, I am very much interested in the School Department of 

 Bird-Lore. 



Our Club in Audubon School consists of over sixty members, and all are 

 very enthusiastic. We have made bird-boxes and placed them in Nay Aug Park. 

 We have a feeding-station there, and each club member takes a turn in placing 

 food there during the winter months. Our last meeting was held in the park, 

 and more than a hundred attended. We launched a floating bird-bath on 

 Lake Everhart. Several boys gave bird-calls. The older pupils were given the 

 privilege of joining the Scranton Bird Club, which is for adults. — Helen J. 

 Hay, Scranton, Pa. 



[The Robin is so much beloved by the majority of observers, both young and old, 

 that the verses sent by this teacher from one of her pupils will give pleasure to other 

 readers of Bird-Lore. 



