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B Y THE WA YS1DE 
BY THE WAYSIDE 
Published on the tenth of each month except July and 
August. 
The official organ of the Wisconsin and Illinois Audu¬ 
bon Societies. 
Twenty=five cents per year. Single Copies d cents 
All communications should be sent to Mr. T. R. Movie, 
Appleton, Wis. 
To One Hundred Illinois Teachers. 
Through the generosity of the Wiscon¬ 
sin Audubon Society, the Illinois Society 
is enabled to continue sending one 
hundred copies a month of By the Way- 
side to Illinois schopls. 
It is earnestly hoped that the teachers 
who receive the paper will read it and 
encourage their pupils both to read and 
write letters to it. 
Letters from Illinois teachers talking 
of their bird-work will be gladly 
published. 
Juliet T. Goodrich. 
The article entitled “Winter Excur¬ 
sions” by Miss Ruth Marshall, Ph. D.,is 
the first of a series to be given through¬ 
out the year upon nature study and kin¬ 
dred topics. Dr. Marshall, who was 
formerly editor of the Wayside, is now 
connected with Nebraska University as 
an instructor in nature study. It will, 
no doubt, interest the teachers among 
our readers to know that the University 
of Nebraska is offering correspondence 
courses in nature study. We quote the 
following from one of their circulars. 
The course is designed for teachers in ele¬ 
mentary schools and for nature students in 
homes and clubs who desire some guidance 
in their study. Common plants and animals 
and their environment will be the subject 
matter. The aim is to give practical direc¬ 
tions for collecting, keeping and studying 
plants and animals, for learning their life 
histories and relation to man. No previous 
scientific training is necessary. Lessons will 
be sent out giving definite directions for the 
study and written reports of progress will be 
returned to the instructor. The directions 
include suggestions for presenting the mat¬ 
ter to children. Application should be made 
to the Registrar, The University of Nebraska, 
Lincoln, Nebraska. 
Attention is called to the article by 
Mr. Ward about the exhibit of birds in 
the Milwaukee museum. What com¬ 
mends the exhibit chiefly is the arrange¬ 
ment which makes it very usable and 
suggestive both to the beginner and the 
advanced student. Any bird lover will 
make a mistake if he fails to make use of 
a chance to visit the museum. 
Watching the Spring Migration of Birds 
at the White House. 
At the White House we areapt to stroll 
around the grounds for a few minutes after 
breakfast; and during the migrations, 
especially in spring, I often take a pair 
of field-glasses so as to examine any bird 
as to the identity of which I am doubt¬ 
ful. From the end of April the warblers 
pass in troops—myrtle, magnolia, chest¬ 
nut-sided, bay-breasted, blackburnian, 
black-throated blue, Canadian,and many 
others, with at the very end of the season 
the black-polls; exquisite little birds, but 
not conspicuous as a rule, except per¬ 
haps the blackburian, whose brilliant 
orange throat and breast flame when 
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they catch the sunlight as he flits among 
the trees. The males in their dress of 
courtship are easily recognized by any 
one who has Chapman's book on the 
warblers. On May 4, 1906, I saw a Cape 
May warbler, the first I had ever seen. 
It was in a small pine. It was fearless, 
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