TEACHING BIRD STUDY 



teachers there was available only a limited liter- 

 ature, and it was of an inadequate character. A 

 working plan was at once developed whereby lit- 

 erature, coloured pictures of birds, and the Audubon 

 button should be supplied to all the pupils in a school 

 who enrolled themselves as members of an Audubon 

 Class. Each member was required to pay a nominal 

 fee, which, however, was much less than the cost of 

 producing the material received in return. 



During the school year that followed the matter 

 was brought to the attention of many of the Southern 

 teachers, and over five hundred Junior Audubon 

 societies resulted, with an enrollment of more than 

 ten thousand children. Following the course of in- 

 struction outlined in the literature furnished to the 

 teachers, these children were taught the correct 

 names of many of the common birds, and on field 

 walks they learned to know them by sight. The 

 dates when certain birds were last seen in autumn and 

 first arrived in spring were noted and carefully 

 recorded. Food was given to the birds in winter and 

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