A Course of Four Lectures 



on 



NATURAL HISTORY 



Illustrated with Lantern Slides and Moving Pictures 

 THURSDAYS AT FOUR O'CLOCK 



March 26 Mr. Miner 



THE SEA CREATURES OF OUR SHORES 



A lecture on the animals living" near the low-tide mark along' 

 our shores, such as oysters, clams, crabs, starfishes, jellyfisb.es, 

 and their kind. Their strange homes ami habits of life. Their 

 ingenious methods of obtaining: food. Their importance to the sea 

 world about them and to man. 



Moving Pictures 



April 2 Dr. Fisher 



THE BIRDS OF OUR PARKS 



Introduction to the birds. Color and marking's of birds. 

 Protective coloration. Nests and nest-building'. Incubation. 

 Two kinds of nestling's. Step-parents among birds. How some 

 young: birds are fed. Bird calls and songs. Bird migration. 

 Value of birds. 



Moving Pictures 



April 16 Mr. Anthony 



FUR^BEARERS FOUND WITHIN FIFTY MILES 

 OF NEW YORK CITY 



"Fur-bearers" to include all mammals. Former abundance 

 and present scarcity of some fur-bearers. Animals our forefathers 

 found, animals any of us may see. Mammals ranging in size from 

 the shrew, no larger than the little finger, to the huge whale. 

 Animals that prey and those that are preyed upon. Dwellers in 

 plain, forest, mountain, river, and sea. Runners, climbers, flyers, 

 diggers, and swimmers. Brief descriptions of their habitats and 

 of their most interesting traits. 



Moving Pictures 



April 23 Dr. Fisher 



WILD FLOWERS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 



Flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Xaked-seeded 

 plants and those with seeds enclosed. Plants with one seed-leaf 

 and those with two. How seeds are scattered. Some plants 

 which entrap insects. Parasitic plants. Some flowers of the 

 salt marshes and some of the pine barrens. Harbingers of 

 spring. Some wild flowers which are in danger of being exter- 

 minated in this vicinity. 



Moving Pictures 



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