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 

 [251] 



