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Many of the pictures exhibited were not of native 

 birds, but striking examples of form and color in bird 

 life were used. The children and other visitors to the 

 exhibition were urged to visit the Aviary at Franklin 

 Park where many strange living birds can be seen. 

 Attention also was directed to our great bird collections 

 in the Boston Society of Natural History, the Peabody 

 Museum, Salem, and the Reed collection at Green Hill 

 Park, Worcester, etc. 



The Children's Color Work 



To interest the children educational leaflets issued by 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, which 

 consist of a folder with descriptive text, a lithograph 

 picture of a bird and an outline drawing to be colored 

 in, were given out gratis from the children's room of 

 the Public Library. The outline drawings were returned 

 by the children after they had been filled in. Thirteen 

 kinds of birds were used — cardinal, rose-breasted gros- 

 beak, scarlet tanager, blue jay, bluebird, redwing black- 

 bird, Baltimore oriole, song sparrow, barn swallow, 

 bobolink, robin, bob-white, and snowflake. 



Seven hundred and fifty such outlines were returned, 

 and contributed a very interesting feature to the Bird 

 Club exhibit. It is obvious that regardless of the crude 

 way the children may fill in these outlines, they will 

 know the bird and be on the watch for him when he 

 arrives in the spring. The Club exhibited these plates 

 done by the children of the township during the sum- 

 mer months, in the Milton Public Library. 



While the plates were on exhibition, Mr. Cyrus E. 

 Dallin, the sculptor, and Mr. Frank T. Merrill, the 

 artist, performed a generous service by judging the 

 work of the children. They spent an entire evening 

 inspecting the pictures and selecting those worthy of 

 praise. The honor list was published in the local paper. 



