A GRADED COURSE OF NATURE-STUDY 415 



Squirrel,* chipmunk,* gopher.* Observe, if possible, 

 outdoors. Note the places where they live. If possible note 

 the food they eat, their manner of running, sitting, climb- 

 ing, their calls, their homes. Storing up food. Winter 

 sleep. Try to tame the squirrels in the parks, or groves near 

 the school, feed them nuts, corn, etc., and do not frighten 

 or injure them. (E, 74, 75, 78, 79.) 



Fox * (in connection vfith poultry) : Preying upon poultry, 

 shyness and cunning. Stories about the fox, where he lives, 

 young foxes. What dogs look somewhat like a fox ? Make 

 a comparison of the general appearance and the habits of 

 dogs and foxes. They are "relatives." (F, 61, 67, 37, 25.) 



Birds : Ducks * and geese.* Visit a duck-pond,* or 

 poultry yard, and observe the swimming, dipping, feeding, 

 waddhng of these birds. Note their sounds. Feed them. 

 Observe their bills, feet, wings, feathers. Do they get wet 

 in the water? What are they good for? Refer to wild 

 ducks and geese, and their domestication. The fox enemy. 

 (G, R, S.) Care of poultry. 



The "chicken" hawk: Observe flight, soaring. Food 

 of hawks. All hawks are not injurious, most of them do 

 good. How? (H, 99, 120, 100.) 



Eagle: Pictures and stories. Home, nest, food, prey- 

 ing, soaring. Compare the pictures of a hawk and an eagle. 

 Note the curved bills, the long curved claws. Hawks and 

 owls are "birds of prey," or "robbers." (H, 120, 100, 68.) 

 Associate the eagle with the U. S. flag, coins,* etc. 



Migration of birds: Observe the great flocks of black- 

 birds. The gradual disappearance of other birds. How 

 long do the swallows stay? The robins? Give some idea 

 of the lands to which the birds go by reading stories of those 



