TEACHING BIRD STUDY 



was out in our street with an airgun shooting at 

 every bird he could see. Recently this same boy 

 came to me with a bird that was hurt, and in a most 

 sympathetic tone said : ' Who do you suppose could 

 have been mean enough to hurt this dear little bird?' 

 Our study of birds in the Junior Audubon Class 

 brought about this change in the boy." 



Junior Game Protectors. — Another leader reported 

 from Nashville that the one thousand junior mem- 

 bers in the schools there had turned into voluntary 

 bird wardens, and spied upon every man or boy who 

 went afield with a gun. In a number of places the 

 juniors have built and sold bird boxes by hundreds 

 and used the proceeds for advancing the work. In 

 one town the juniors had a most successful tag day, 

 and collected funds that were used to buy grain with 

 which to feed birds in winter. In Connecticut a 

 most helpful and stimulating communication has 

 been established between many of the classes. A 

 junior class in the Logan School, Minneapolis, has 

 even started the publication of a magazine called 

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