42 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



and the teachers have charge of the bird study in their respective rooms. 

 The teachers and I have planned to take the pupils on several hikes for 

 the purpose of identifying and studying the birds in their natural homes. 

 There is a prize offered in each room to the pupil who builds the best bird 

 house in his room and a prize to the one who builds the best bird house 

 in the school. The members of the society are bubbling over with en- 

 thusiasm over the organization. 



It seems to me that if every school would organize a Junior Audubon 

 Society that we would soon see a marked increase in bird life. We can 

 do more by educating the child than we can by reforming the adult. 



Two House Wrens have remained here all winter and another some 20 

 miles north of here has also. I couldn't say positively whether the Blue 

 Birds remained all winter, but there were some here in January." 



Waukegan: Mr. Wm. I. Lyon writes: By March 10 practically all 

 the earlier birds of the season had arrived. The first migrant observed 

 was a Bronzed Grackle and the date was February 25. Two days later 

 6 Robins appeared together with a Flicker and a flock of Redwings, On 

 the same day I saw the White-breasted Nuthatch for the first time, it 

 having been absent from my feeding shelf all winter. March 2, Blue- 

 birds and Song Sparrows were about. Meadowlarks and Killdeers were 

 plentiful by March 5. Two or three days later I found a flock of Spar- 

 rows I could not identify. March 10 one member of the flock came into 

 my banding trap and I identified it as a Savannah Sparrow. 



Winnetka: John H. Sutter, reports the bird arrivals as much earlier 

 than usual. Meadowlarks seemed to be in full force by March 6th with 

 Robins, Bluebirds, and Golden-crowned Kinglets in evidence. 



