194 Bird -Lore 



SUGGESTIONS 



See Bird-Lore, May-June 1912, p. 179, and July-Aug. 1912, p. 239. 



At this season, try to watch some pair of birds build a nest. The English Sparrow 

 will do if no other birds are at hand; but remember this Sparrow is a slovenly nest- 

 builder. 



Try and see what materials the birds put into the nest, how the material is shaped 

 into place, and which parent does the most toward building the nest. 



Collect nests in the fall after the birds have gone, disinfect them thoroughly, and 

 bring them into the schoolroom for study during the winter months. 



References: 



The Standard Library of Natural History, Vol. II. 



Herrick: The Home-Life of Wild Birds. 



Newton: A Dictionary of Birds. 



Rennie: Bird-Architecture. 



Mitchell: The Childhood of Animals. 



Pycraft: The Infancy of Animals. 



Chapman: Guide Leaflet No. 14 (American Museum of Natural History). 



Note: On p. 126 of the Mar.— April Bird-Lore 1913, read Salton Sea or Salton 

 Lake for Salt Lake. 



Where and what is Salt Lake, Texas? 



Where is the Great Salt Lake, and is it frequented by birds? 



FROM YOUNG OBSERVERS 



A Junior Protectionist 



The Aldie School has an Audubon Society. There are twenty-four members. 



We have pictures of birds, which we color. I have seen all of the birds 

 that we have colored except one, and that is the Carolina Wren. 



We have saved the birds by giving money to feed and take care of them. 

 I put up some tin cans for the birds to build in. We put up wires and put food 

 in them, and we tacked boards up on the schoolhouse and put crumbs out for 

 the birds. Birds are very useful to people, and I think it is a cruel thing to kill 

 them. They do the farmers a lot of good. They eat the worms and bugs 

 that kill the crops. 



The Bird Society is to keep people from killing the birds. They have 

 lots of dangers. Men kill them, cats eat them, and dogs kill them, too; some 

 boys and girls steal their eggs and nests. 



I have been trying to save the birds that come near my home by feeding 

 them and putting up bird-houses. I like to feed the birds so they won't die 

 through the long cold winter, and that they may live in peace so they will 

 be ready for their busy work. — Dorothy Moore (age 10), 3d Grade, Aldie, Va. 



[This earnest letter from one of our youngest Audubon members rings true to the 

 principles of conservation. If each good ci tizen in the land could say with this little girl : 

 ' I have been trying to save the birds that come near my home by feeding them and 

 putting up bird-houses," how nearly the goal of bird-protection would be reached! 

 —A. H. W ] 



