22 BULLETIN 305, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUBE. 



What summer residents are still to be seen? Make a note of their 

 absence when they disappear. 



Assigned work. — For study select two or three additional birds 

 that reside permanently in the community as suggested in the Octo- 

 ber exercises. Observe them to be able to answer the following 

 questions : 



(1) What are they eating? 



(2) Where do they roost? 



(3) Color of parts — head, neck, breast, wings, back, tail? 



(4) Do they hop, run, or do both? 



(5) How do they fly — slowly, rapidly, undulating, soaring, sailing, flapping? 



(6) Character of song? Imitate. 



Learn the names of all fowls at the homes of the pupils. What 

 are little chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys called ? Grown males ? 

 Grown females ? What does each kind of fowl like to eat ? 



Keep records in the class notebook. 



Practical work. — Much of the pupils' time at home, on the way to 

 and from school, and during rest periods must be consumed in observ- 

 ing the birds along the lines suggested above. Some few excursions 

 to particular fields or woods must be made for observation. Make 

 observations and records as indicated in the following outline: 



Flicker or yellow hammer. 



(1) Where is the flicker found this month? 



(2) How can it be told from the field lark — color, flight? 



(3) Describe the color — top of head, back of neck, throat, back, tail, wings, 



breast. Color and shape of head. 



(4) What does the flicker eat at this season? 



(5) Imitate the sound made by the flicker. 



(6) Locate a conspicuous white spot. When is it seen? 



Correlations. — Oral and written sentence making, based on observa- 

 tions with the birds, should be engaged in. Further exercises are 

 furnished in recording facts learned about the birds studied this 

 month. 



Drawing: The birds given particular attention should be outlined. 

 Where feathers may be had without injuring the birds, drawings 

 should be made of them. 



Reading.: See Farmers' Buls. 54 and 630 for selections relating to 

 the birds studied this month. 



THIRD GRADE. 



PLANTS. 



Review or continued work. — With the plant population studies, 

 special attention should be given to cone-bearing trees— pines, cedars, 

 and spruces. Learning to recognize the different plants at sight and 



