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52 ; a flock of about fifty Robins was in the garden in the morn- 

 ing and another flock came in the evening. 30. Partly cloudy, 

 snow squalls, 22 to 24; a flock of Gold-finches was here in the 

 morning and a good many Blackbirds were flying around. A 

 Sparrow Hawk was seen sitting on a fence post near the house. 



31. Clear, 8 to 31 ; early in the morning while going past 

 our cemetery, my brother saw two birds about the size of Eng- 

 lish Sparrows sitting on the ground under a cedar tree and eat- 

 ing something, and which undoubtedly were American Cross- 

 bills. He said one was red, and the other one was olive green, 

 and that they paid no attention to him whatever, although he 

 was only six feet away from them. The next day I went to the 

 cemetery to find out what they had been eating, and found many 

 small cones lying on the ground under the cedar tree. 



April 1. Partly cloudy, 28 to 45; took a bird walk, but did 

 not find any new arrivals. Some more farmers reported finding 

 dead Meadowlarks. 



J. J. SCHAFER 



Robinson 

 Mr. Harvey L. Long of the Robinson Township High School 

 reports the practical work being done in that school. He 

 writes: 



"The writer is an instructor in general science, having about 

 80 high school freshmen as students. In the study of foods 

 an opportunity was offered for reports, (as reports are a part 

 of the class work) , on birds that help 1 in food production. An 

 outline was prepared for the student's guidance which you 

 will find accompanying this sheet. Other reports such as 

 The Feeding of Winter Birds,' 'How to Attract Birds' were 

 assigned so that about 20 people out of the 80 have made some 

 special study of bird life. 



"Interest has been stimulated to the point where a bird club 

 is to be organized the coming week. We have planned to 

 have some of the best reports that were prepared for the gen- 

 eral science class read before meetings of the club, and other 

 reports and articles published in the local papers. Projects 

 in general science for the bird club will be worked out by ar- 

 ranging or grouping different classes of birds and mounting 

 the N. Y. pictures of them. The student may receive credit 

 for this work in general science. 



"Each member of the general science classes has been given 

 one of the new Arbor and Bird Day Bulletins which have such 

 excellent articles on birds in general. 



"Not being familiar with this region I cannot be sure 

 whether the individuals which follow are, permanent, or sum- 

 mer residents : 



"The Song Sparrow was seen on March 24, the Hairy Wood- 

 pecker March 27, Robins were reported here all winter. Sev_ 



