BY THE WAYSIDE 
08 
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 5 cents 
All communications should be sent to Thos. R. Moyle, 
Appleton, Wis. 
Biggsville, Illinois, Jan. 13, 1909. 
Dear Miss Drummond: 
The children are glad to see their let¬ 
ters in the Wayside. They are watching 
the hedges and pine trees in order to see 
new birds. One girl was so interested 
that her mother bought her a book, “Bird 
Neighbors.” She reports Pine Siskins in 
their spruces. I must go to see them to¬ 
morrow. The children feed the birds 
wheat and bones, and have bird-houses 
ready to go up in February. Helen 
Whiteman received your bird post cards 
to-day, and liked them. 
The children are watching the Blue- 
jays. Six of them are here every day. 
But they think they will have nothing 
original to tell about the birds. The 
older sisters and parents seem interested 
too, and help the children to study the 
birds. One boy reports five red birds in 
a thicket. They seem to be permanent 
winter residents—for the last six years 
they have been seen in this county. 
The red-headed woodpeckers are in an 
oak grove near the school house, we never 
saw them before in January. Children 
who are interested in birds are the finest 
kind of companions. We enjoy every 
trip to the skating pond, where we see 
birds. 
I hope “Tommy-Anne” or “Citizen 
Bird” is in the library. 
Yours truly, 
Rachel P. Crouch. 
Lecture Work at the Milwaukee Museum. 
{Continued from 'page 67.) 
wild cherry, mountain ash, etc. The 
teachers are given copies of By the Way- 
side, so that the children may go to their 
teachers for the address of the periodical 
whenever they become interested to sub¬ 
scribe. You would be surprised to see 
the close attention and interest which our 
city children give to these feathered 
friends and insect enemies of our country 
as presented in lantern slide form. The 
stereopticon slides themselves have been 
selected with great care from bird slide 
collections all over the country and col¬ 
ored by our Museum colorist as nearly 
true to nature as possible, either from 
actual specimens in the Museum or from 
descriptions in the best works at our com¬ 
mand. Every effort is made to have the 
views the best obtainable and the mater¬ 
ial given in the lectures has been first 
subjected to the severe revision of the en¬ 
tire scientific staff, that the best and most 
compact information maybe given to the 
pupils. 
I may sav again, the interest evidenced 
bv the children, no matter from what 
part of the city they come, is proof enough 
of the timeliness of this work, just as the 
nation is considering ways and means 
for conserving our national resources as 
embodied in the reports of the Conserva¬ 
tion Congresses recently held. We bid 
“greeting” to all bird lovers throughout 
the state, and cordially invite you to drop 
into the free public school lectures when 
you are in the city; or inquire of the 
Guide or Floor attendants for groups of 
any particular birds you care to see. 
Alfred C. Burrill. 
When we read Mrs. Peckham’s article 
in this number of the Wayside and see 
how much has already been accomplished 
bv the Audubon Society, we should feel 
encouraged to go on with what remains to 
be done. We have the law; let us create 
sentiment so that the law will be en¬ 
forced. The birds are protected, but very 
few of them seem to know of it, and there 
are some people who need informing, too. 
