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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



discussions and descriptions as to the kind of places the 

 different birds choose to nest in. Drawing should be 

 combined with this, and each schoolroom might contain, 



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F]G. 122. 



Chart and census of a city block, Worcester, Mass., for 1S9S and 1901. Stars signify 

 nests in iSoS, viz., t\\o robins, one oiiole, one chipping- spaiTOw, and one down}' woodpecker. 

 Initial letters stand for nests in 1901. Note the gain, 300 per cent, in three years. Houses, 

 ti-ees, and shrubbery are appropriately indicated; r., robin; o., oriole; ^.^., bluebird; 

 It'./., wood pewee ; c.s., chipping sparrow. The trees are: 



Apple 5 



Ash, Mountain 2 



Birch 13 



Cherry — (one redstart, 1900) .... g 

 Chestnut — one woodpecker {one ori- 

 ole, 1900) 29 



Elm 5 



Hawthorn — one chipping sparrow . i 



Hickory 4 



Maple — one robin (two robins, 1900) . 45 



Oak — (one robin, igoo) 55 



Peach 5 



Pear — one robin, one oriole .... 38 



Pine, etc 95 



Plum 7 



Others 6 



Total number of trees 319 



Bignonia vines — (three chipping spar- 

 rows, 1900) 10 



either in a case or hung about the walls and windows, 

 a collection of a few deserted nests. These the pupils 

 could use for special drawing work and for the study of 



