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winter to the northern edge of the transition zone of the warm temperate 

 sub region. 



These two species might possibly meet during the winter in the Canadian 

 faunal area, but, since the Chickadee retreats southward at that season into 

 the AUeghanian area, their distribution does not overlap much. In prepara- 

 tion for the next exercise, let us learn what and where the Mexican tableland is. 



Spelling Exercise 



Geographical 



Scientific 



General 



Birds, Plants, and 

 Animals 



Alleghanian 



range 



bleak 



alfalfa 



Appalachian 



circumpolar 



peculiar 



currant 



Hudsonian 



region 



coniferous 



sorghum 



Canadian 



subregion 



accident 



hickory 



Florida 



zone 



barrier 



cedar 



California 



temperate 



cereal 



madronas 



Mexico 



plain 



disappear 



salal 



Pennsylvania 



desert 



diversity 



chickadee 



Michigan 



humidity 



relatively 



towhee 



Minnesota 



aridity 



plumage 



bobolink 



Assiniboia 



isotherm 



synonymous 



sewellel 



Manitoba 



meridian 



imagmary 



raccoon 



Correction: Read saxifrage for saxfrage on p. 307 of the preceding issue of Bird- 

 Lore.— A. H. W. 



FROM ADULT OBSERVERS 



Bird Notes from the Cornfield Bird Society — New Hampshire 



Inspired by Mr. Baynes' work with the birds in Meriden, the city colony 

 organized a Bird Club last fall, the principal aim of which is the stimulation 

 and interest in bird life, especially among the children. 



Every effort was made to get into close touch with the children, and the 

 teachers of the various schools of Cornish and Plainfield were very helpful 

 in cooperating with the officers of the Club. The children took hold of the 

 work with the greatest enthusiasm and interest, which has been sustained 

 all through the winter. 



Before the snow came, the children, under the direction of the Club officers, 

 went through the village and tacked wire-netting pockets on various trees, 

 in which they placed suet. The local butcher supplied the children with suet 

 every week, so they had an unfailing stock to draw from. They also insti- 

 tuted food-stations in their own yards, and made feeding-boxes in the Car- 

 pentry Class. Many and various were the devices to attract the birds, but 

 no one ever imagined, in beginning this work, how delightful and wonderful 

 the results would be. The joy of having these little "feathered friends" so 

 near, feeling their dependence on you when the wild winter storms swept 



