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we have the boys and girls separated in the grades, and I have boys in the 

 third grade. 



This has been the most enthusiastic Audubon Society I have ever had, and 

 I attribute it to the fact that our field secretary. Miss Katherine Stuart, lives 

 in Alexandria, and she is always ready to help Junior Audubon Societies. 

 We have enjoyed her visits so much, as well as the field trips she has taken 

 with us. 



Most of the members have made bird-boxes, and some of them were put 

 up in the Soldiers' Cemetery. With a few exceptions, birds had built in all of 

 the boxes a short while after they were put up. We have scattered a quantity 

 of food this past winter, and while the English Sparrows have been the prin- 

 cipal birds to feed near the building, the children have taken such delight in 

 keeping the table supplied, I am sure they will continue the habit. Very near 

 the school window there is an old cherry tree, which during the last few weeks 

 of school was visited by many kinds of birds. It was a surprise to see how little 

 the boys seemed to care for the cherries, for they preferred that the birds have 

 them instead. 



Our meetings are held twice each month, and we quite frequently have 

 visitors. The boys make up the programs, and always preside at the meetings. 

 Before school closed they elected officers for next year, intending to continue 

 the work in the fourth grade. — Miss Mary Douglass. 



[No comment is necessary here, as the picture of the Alexandria Junior Audubon 

 Society speaks for itself. It might be well, however, to point out that this Society 

 intends to continue its organization and work in the fourth grade, which is what all 

 Junior Audubon Societies really should do, instead of dropping their organization at the 

 close of the school year in which it was formed. With a little more method and enthusi- 

 asm on the part of teachers and more initiative and loyalty on the part of pupils, 

 Junior Audubon Societies might easily be kept up from grade to grade throughout 

 the entire period of preparatory work. — A. H. W.] 



MORE METHODS OF STUDYING BIRDS IN JUNIOR 

 AUDUBON SOCIETIES 



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This year is the first year I have studied birds. I belong to the Junior Audu- 

 bon Society. In this state of Virginia it is an offence with a fine to kill most 

 of the birds. 



Miss Stuart goes around talking to children in Virginia about birds. She 

 has been to see us twice. Most of us have made bird-houses, and we put them 

 up in different parts of the city. 



I have an Uncle who lives in Canada, and I would like to know if there is 

 a fine for killing birds there.— James Noble (Age 9 years), Third Grade, 

 Alexandria, Va. 



