My BULLETIN 305, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
What summer residents are still to be seen? Make a note of their 
absence when they disappear. 3 
Assigned work.—For study select two or three additional birds 
that reside permanently in the community as suggested in the Octo- — 
ber exercises. Observe them to be able to answer the following ~ 
questions: | 
(1) What are they eating? 
(2) Where do they roost? 
(3) Color of parts—head, neck, breast, wings, back, tail? 
(4) Do they hop, run, or do both? 
(5) How do they fly—slowly, rapidly, undulating, soaring, sailing, flapping? 
(6) Character of song? imitate. 
Learn the names of all fowls at the homes of the pupils. What 
are little chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys called? Grown males? 
Grown females? What does each kind of fowl like to eat? 
Keep records in the class notebook. 
Practical work.—Much of the pupils’ time at home, on the way to 
and from school, and during rest periods must be consumed in observ- 
ing the birds along the lines suggested above. Some few excursions 
to particular fields or woods must be made for observation. Make 
observations and records as indicated in the following outline: 
Flicker or yellow hammer. 
(1) Where is the flicker found this month? 
(2) How can it be told from the field lark—color, flight? 
(3) Describe the color—top of head, back of neck, throat, back, tail, wings, 
breast. Color and shape of head. 
(4) What does the flicker eat at this season? 
(5) Imitate the sound made by the flicker. 
(6) Locate a conspicuous white spot. When is it seen? 
Correlations.—Oral and written sentence making, based on observa. 
tions with the birds, should be engaged in. Further exercises are 
furnished in recording facts learned about the birds studied this — 
month. 
Drawing: The birds given particular attention should be outlined. | 
Where feathers may be had without injuring the birds, drawings 
should be made of them. 
Reading: See Farmers’ Buls. 54 and 630 for selections relating to 
the birds studied this month. | 
THIRD GRADE. 
PLANTS. 
Review or continued work.—With the plant population studies, — 
special attention should be given to cone-bearing trees—pines, cedars, 
and spruces. Learning to recognize the different plants at sight and 
