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is one of its worst enemies.) How can kitty catch 

 the birds? What other enemies? (Squirrels and 

 owls carry off the helpless little birds.) What can 

 you do to protect them ? 



Next fall we will see how late in the season the 

 robins stay with us. How long have they been with 

 us already ? Watch them all summer and tell in the 

 fall what interesting things you have seen them do. 



XIII 



THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 



At the beginning of the spring term the chil- 

 dren are asked to watch for red-headed woodpeck- 

 ers and report the first one seen, as they notified 

 us of the first appearance of the robin. To make 

 sure that the children know what bird they are 

 to look for, the teacher asks : " How many know 

 this bird ? " " Tell how it looks." (It wears a red 

 cap, a bluish black coat, with white skirts (when at 

 rest), and a white vest.) The female dresses like the 

 male, only her colors are not so bright, and she is 

 a smaller bird. [Show a stuffed specimen or colored 

 picture.] The red-headed woodpecker is late in 

 coming. 



