THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



bird boxes of various patterns were constructed and 

 placed in parks, orchards, or woods where they 

 would most likely be of service to birds looking for 

 suitable nesting hollows. Bird study was correlated 

 with reading, English composition, history, geogra- 

 phy, and even arithmetic. 



A Nation-wide Movement. — So successful did this 

 experiment prove that the Audubon workers agreed 

 upon extending this same system into the schools of 

 all the other States in the Union, and the various 

 Provinces of Canada. The fall of 191 1, therefore, 

 saw plans well under way for a greatly enlarged scope 

 of work. During the school year, which closed the 

 last of June, 1912, the Association, at a cost of thir- 

 teen thousand dollars, enrolled 29,369 school children 

 under the standard bearing the inscription " Protect 

 the Birds." 



The movement has continued to grow, and up to 



June 1, 1916, there had been formed 27,873 classes 



with a total membership of 559,840 children. The 



Association is annually expending on this work 



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