SECTION XV 
Nature Study for Girl Scouts 
FOREWORD 
The following section was specially prepared for the 
Girl Scouts by Mr. George H. Sherwood, Curator, and 
Dr. G. Clyde Fisher, Associate Curator, of the Depart- 
ment of Public Education of the American Museum of 
Natural History. All the illustrations used were supplied 
by the Museum, and the tests in the various subjects were 
devised by the same authors. 
The American Museum of Natural History in New 
York conducts special courses of lectures in all of the 
branches of Natural History, and extends a cordial invi- 
tation to all Girl Scouts to visit the Department of Edu- 
cation if wishing help in preparation for their Nature 
Study tests. 
Contents 
1. Introduction to Nature Study. 
2. Plants: Flowers and Ferns and Trees. 
3. Animals : Mammals 
Birds 
Reptiles 
Amphibians 
Fishes 
‘ Invertebrates 
4. Geology. 
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