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out to the pupil, to give full rein to 

 his imagination. The result exceed- 

 ed the most sanguine expectations. 

 Of the 500 boxes built, there were 

 less than ten, which would prove 

 impractical and only two of these, 

 which were entirely useless. Thus 

 two of the prize winners every effort went into good con- 

 structive work for our feathered friends. 



Furthermore, where it was to be expected that there would 

 be little choice between the various exhibits, where all houses are 

 built from the same stereotyped plans, a surprisingly large 

 amount, in fact the greater percentage were artistic and tasty 

 boxes, built according to the builders own perception of art, to 

 be sure, plus the fundamentals of good bird house essentials fully 

 incorporated. 



The manual training instructors entered into the work in a 

 fine spirit of enthusiasm, with the result that when the cam- 

 paign closed on May 27 almost 500 neat little "Bird Bungalows" 

 had been completed. Previous to their delivery to the park dis- 

 trict the houses were placed on exhibition in the display windows 

 of the Charles V. Weise dry goods store to further interest the 

 public in the bird life movement and give an idea of the work 

 being accomplished by the manual training department of the 

 schools. 



Paul B. Riis 



A good library for the winter months : Baynes' Wild Bird Guests ; Chapman's Our 

 Winter Birds ; Pearson's The Bird Study Book ; The Check List of Birds of Illinois. Write to 

 the Illinois Audubon Society, 10 South LaSalle St., Chicago. 



Rock Island 



A Home Made Bird Bath 



Much has been said and written on the subject of attracting 

 birds to our homes through supplying bird baths and drinking 

 fountains, but because there is still room for more of them, I 

 would like to describe the bath shown in the accompanying 

 photographs. 



We had observed so many interesting incidents when only 

 small basins had been supplied, that we concluded a larger bath 

 would multiply the pleasure of both birds and observers, but as 

 the fountains offered on the market seemed too expensive, be- 



