122 Bird - Lore 



There are also several desirable field note-books and inexpensive handbooks 

 available, besides very helpful local handbooks, the titles and prices of which 

 may be had from this department. Several interesting books have been 

 written about birds found in city parks and small reservations, which suggest 

 in a very practical way the value of bird-study in limited areas. — A. H. W. 



JUNIOR AUDUBON WORK 

 For Teachers and Pupils 



Note. — In view of the fact that Junior Audubon Societies are increasing so rapidly, 

 it has been suggested that this section of the School Department be especially addressed 

 to Junior Audubon members, although all teachers and pupils are included in the work 

 outlined here. To make these outlines most useful, criticisms, questions, and helpful 

 experiences should be freely sent in lo the School Department. 



Exercise VIII: A Review in Preparation for Bird and Arbor Day 



Correlated Studies: Geography, Reading and Elementary Agriculture 



THE PALM AND THE PINE 



(From the German of Heine) 



In the far North stands a Pine-tree, lone, 



Upon a wintry height; 

 It sleeps: around it snows have thrown 



A covering of white. 



It dreams forever of a Palm 



That, far i' the Morning-land, 

 Stands silent in a most sad calm 



'Midst of the burning sand. 



— Written at Point Lookout Prison in 1864, by Sidney Lanier. 



Perhaps, the German poet Heinrich Heine and his American interpreter, 

 Sidney Lanier, also a poet, did not think of the birds which fly from the burn- 

 ing tropics to the wintry North, when they penned the words of this poem; but 

 surely, of all Nature's children, only the birds can bridge the distance between 

 the Palm and the Pine, following up and outdistancing Spring on their wonder- 

 ful migration journey. 



During the last year, we have taken up, in a brief and general way, the 

 principal migration routes of birds in North America, and also the orders 

 and passerine families of the birds of this country, together with the life- 

 zones or faunal areas in which they may be found. 



It is true that much of this information may seem somewhat hard to grasp, 

 and it may sometimes be questioned whether it is worth while to try to know 

 so many facts about the life-history and environment of birds; but let us stop to 



