3 Exhibit of bird pictures in the library. 



Rather than a large exhibit of miscellaneous bird pictures, 

 it is better to show pictures of the birds as they arrive. Just 

 before the time for the appearance of a bird, its picture to- 

 getheT with typewritten copies of poems about the bird and a 

 short interesting description may Lie posted on the bird bulle- 

 tin-board. This description should always tell of the food 

 and habits of the bird. A typewritten list may also be posted 

 referring to the exact pages in the books best describing the 

 bird, or containing poems about it, and these books may be 

 kept on the special shelf near the bird bulletin or on the table. 

 Books may be placed on the table! open at a picture or good 

 description of the bird or a poem about it. Children will not 

 always take the trouble to search for a book but if it can be 

 found easily near the picture, the book will be' taken home and 

 read. 



4 Talks by a bird lover given at the library. 



There is always some one in every community inteirested in 

 birds. The librarian herself, if a bird lover, even though she is 

 not an authority, may find material in the best books for in- 

 teresting talks on identification of birds, bird habits, food and 

 homes, effect of storms on migration, birds that fly by day 

 and those that fly by night, adaptation of birds to flight, pro- 

 tective coloration, and economic value of birds. At the time 

 of the talks the bulletin-board may be used for poems, pic- 

 tures, diagrams or charts illustrating the subject, and the 

 special table and shelf used for best books. A diagram show- 

 ing the different parts of the bird will be useful in a talk on 

 adaptation of birds to flight, and a table giving the birds 

 that fly by day and those that fly by night will be interesting 

 in connection with that subject. The bulletin of the Children's 

 Museum in Brooklyn will be very suggestive in planning a 

 course of talks on birds. 



5 A bird club which comes to the library for talks on 

 birds, and makes at the library the beginnings of a museum 

 from the collections of its excursions. 



It must be understood that bird nests and eggs should be 

 collected only for scientific purposes. A collection of bird 

 specimens could be made only by an ornithologist. The life 



