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Bird - Lore 



most birds and also an outline of the most important birds, 

 birds and also the outline. Below is the outline: 

 Birds as: 



Destroyers of Vermin 



I had the most 



Scavengers 



Consumers of Wild Weed-seed \ Sparrows 



Insect Destroyers 



Jays 







Crows 







Owls 







Buzzard 







r Gulls 

 ( Buzzard 

 ( Crows 















f Doves 



Blackbirds 



Cardinal 



I Sparrows 



Larks 



Quail 



[^ Cuckoos 



Orioles 





Wrens 



Blackbirds 



Crows 



Orioles 



Cardinal 



Owls 



Quail 



Whip-poor-will 



Bluebird 



Swallows 



Jays 



Sparrows 



Mockingbird 



Woodpeckers 



Catbird 



Flycatchers 



Doves 



Cuckoos 



Larks 



Killdeer 





I have seen this spring the following birds: Redbird, Robin, Wrens, Blue- 

 bird, Catbird, Crows, Blackbirds, Sparrows, Swallows, Doves, Larks, Quail, 

 Jays, Woodpeckers, and Hummingbird. These are most of the birds that 

 frequent our village. Hummingbirds are not seen very often, but if you go 

 on the bluff you will see their nests and the birds also. 



I have seen quite a few nests in trees and other places. I have seen nests of 

 the following birds: Robin, Wren, Blackbird, Sparrow, Mud Swallow, Blue- 

 bird, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Catbird and Woodpecker. I saw the Robin's 

 young ones, also the Mourning Dove's young ones. — Alice Crecelius (Age 

 10 years), Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 



[This well-written outline suggests again the importance of individual thinking and 

 effort in bird-study as opposed to the system of memorizing. A postscript added to the 

 article contains the inquiry: "What kind of bird is very large and eats fish?" Perhaps 

 some of our readers can answer this question. It is a good one to look up. — A. H. W.] 



A JUNIOR AUDUBON SOCIETY IN AN HISTORIC 

 SCHOOLHOUSE 



By this mail I am sending you a picture of my Junior Audubon Society, 

 also some letters written by my pupils who are members of the society. The 

 picture was taken in our schoolyard, and I am sorry that the building does not 

 show, for it is the oldest public school building in the United States, having 

 been founded by George Washington, and narne4 for hirti. In Alexandria 



