THE CHILDREN'S PART IN THE BRUSH HILL 

 BIRD CLUB EXHIBIT 



There has already been one very noteworthy result in con- 

 nection with the exhibit. That is the Milton school children's 

 great interest in coloring the outline pictures of birds which 

 have been distributed from the children's room since the 

 exhibit began. These outlines come with the Audubon 

 leaflets. Each leaflet contains a description of a bird and 

 its habits, written by a well-known authority, a colored plate 

 showing the bird in its natural surroundings, and an outline 

 of this plate printed on rough drawing paper. The outline 

 picture is to be colored by the child after the accompanying 

 plate. 



The leaflets have been given out one at a time as each child 

 has asked for it. When he has finished one bird, and the 

 robin has always been given first, he brings back his drawing, 

 and chooses another bird. All of the drawings, good and bad, 

 have been placed on the long white screen in the exhibition 

 room. There are now about one hundred and forty-six in all, 

 and they form a very interesting part of the exhibit. Many 

 children come in every day and spend a long time in fond 

 contemplation of their own and their friends' contributions. 

 Some drawings are done in water-colors with great painstaking, 

 and some with just a few strokes in crayon; some by high 

 school pupils, and some by children so young that they can 

 hardly write their names at the bottom of the plate. 



But in every case it is certain that the child knows the bird 

 he has drawn better than before; and even though he may 

 make the robin's breast a delicate pink, he will hereafter feel 

 that he has a definite acquaintance with robins, and will be 

 eager to recognize them when they come in the spring. 



After the exhibit is over, an honor list will be made and 

 published of the names of the children whose drawings show 

 real merit, of course taking into account the differences in 

 age. And the drawings are to be made into a permanent 



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