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BY THE WAY El HE 
BIRD EXCURSION, 1904. 
Some of the girls and boys in our school 
and Miss S. went out to the cemetery Monday 
evening. May 2, to study birds. Of course we 
saw the English sparrow and the robin the 
first of all. You all know how they look. 
Then we went down Second avenue toward the 
Jewish cemetery. On our way we saw the 
meadow lark. The meadow lark has a yel¬ 
low breast with black stripes, and a black 
bib on it. His back is brownish'. 
When we came to the Jewish 'cemetery we 
saw the cowbird, bronzed grackle, junco and 
the song sparrow. The cowbird has a brown 
head and the rest is black. The bronzed 
grackle has a brownish head and the rest is 
black. When the sun shines on him he is 
very pretty. 
The junco has a white breast with slate col¬ 
ored vest. The rest of the body is slate color¬ 
ed also. 
The song sparrow has a light breast faint¬ 
ly spotted, and a brownish back. He is one 
of our favorite singers. 
Then we went down the switch track, and 
saw the gold finch. The gold finch has black 
on his head and wings. The rest of the body 
is yellow. When we came near the greenhouse 
we saw the crow. \ou all know how the crow 
looks. 
As we went into the cemetery we saw a 
black and white warbler, and a blackburnian 
warbler. The black and white waiblei is 
covered with black and white stripes. The 
blackburnian warbler has a yellow, black and 
brown back, and a yellow breast with black. 
On our way through the cemetery we saw 
the blue jay, bluebird, phoebe, chipping spar¬ 
row and the kinglet. 
The blue jay is colored blue, black, and 
white. He has a tuft on his head. The blue¬ 
bird has a reddish brown breast and a blue 
back. 
The phoebe has a grayish back and a lighter 
breast. He can move his tail up and down. 
The chipping sparrow has a light breast and 
a grayish back. He has a red spot on the 
top of his head. The kinglet has a light breast 
a gray and white streaked wing with a gray¬ 
ish green back. The male has a golden 
crown. 
By this time it was getting late, so we 
started home. The next day we made a list 
of all the different birds we had seen and 
found we had sixteen in all. 
Veil n. Mildred L'vim. 
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Caterpillar-keeping for School. 
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and have the same way of clasping a twig 
with the hind props and standing out in the 
air like a twig. 
There may be many smaller caterpillars, 
some living in folds of the leaves which they 
have rolled over and fastened by spinning, and 
called “leaf-rollers,” others called “case-bear¬ 
ers,” living in cases which they have made and 
drag about wherever they go to feed; others, 
genuine “loopers,” or “measuring-worms.” 
making small moths, some very pretty; and a 
few of the smaller spinnero. 
Besides beetles and caterpillars there may 
be “walking sticks,” each of which looks like 
a twig on long legs. They are very voracious 
and sometimes do much harm to the trees by 
defoliating them. 
The butternut has beetles, aphids, the spin¬ 
ning larva, Spilosoma virginica, and a naked 
green caterpillar, Smerinthus juglandis, with 
a candal horn. This caterpillar is occasion¬ 
ally found on the hickery too, but prefers but¬ 
ternut and walnut. 
Tree-hoppers and leaf-h'oppers may be found 
on all nut trees. 
On the chestnut may be found many of the 
larvea on hickory and butternut, with several 
species of slug-caterpillars, pretty little things 
like boats upside down, green or brown; at 
least two kinds of spiny larvae, Anisota 
stigma and Anisota senatoria; and several 
kinds of Apatela, hairy caterpillars which spin 
oval cocoons stuck full of their own h'airs. 
Several kinds of beetles feed on the chestnut 
also. 
The walnut has much the same families of 
caterpillars for its guests, though the species 
may be different. 
Several kinds of butterfly larvae are found 
occasionally on these trees, though not so 
commonly as to be considered “regular inhabi¬ 
tants.” 
Spider “harvesters,” and ants may be found 
as they are usually where they may find ani¬ 
mal food. All of them like the small cater¬ 
pillars and aphids. 
Nut, trees are good hunting grounds if one 
can reach them. 
Caroline Gray Soule. 
