. Bird-lore . A. H. W.] MORE METHODS OF STUDYING BIRDS IN JUNIORAUDUBON SOCIETIES I This year is the first year I have studied birds. I belong to the Junior Audu-bon Society. In this state of Virginia it is an offence with a fine to kill mostof the birds. Miss Stuart goes around talking to children in Virginia about birds. Shehas been to see us twice. Most of us have made bird-houses, and we put themup in different parts of the city. I have an Uncle who lives in Canada, and I would like to know if there isa fine for killing birds there.âJames Noble (Age 9 years), Third Grade,Alexandria, Va. 29


. Bird-lore . A. H. W.] MORE METHODS OF STUDYING BIRDS IN JUNIORAUDUBON SOCIETIES I This year is the first year I have studied birds. I belong to the Junior Audu-bon Society. In this state of Virginia it is an offence with a fine to kill mostof the birds. Miss Stuart goes around talking to children in Virginia about birds. Shehas been to see us twice. Most of us have made bird-houses, and we put themup in different parts of the city. I have an Uncle who lives in Canada, and I would like to know if there isa fine for killing birds there.âJames Noble (Age 9 years), Third Grade,Alexandria, Va. 292 Bird - Lore II We have an Audubon Society in my room at school, and we have thirtymembers. Miss Stuart came into my room and talked to us about birds. Shesays that the enemies of birds are the gun, the cat, and the dog. She showedus some nests that she had with her. We built bird-houses and put them up. We put boards on the windows atschool and fed the birds. The birds are beginning to get tame around my. JUNIOR AUDUBON SOCIETY, ALEXANDRIA, VA. school now. We can look out of the window and see a lot of birds. We havestudied eight birds this year. Yesterday we had a bird contest against the fifth grade, to see who re-members the most about the birds we have studied.âJohn McIver Jackson(Age 8 years). Third Grade, Alexandria, Va. Ill All of the boys in our society have built bird-boxes, and we had our pic-tures taken with the boxes. I took my box home, and in a few weeks a Sparrowstarted to build in it, but it did not finish. One week later a House Wren builtin it. She took out all the grass that the Sparrow had put in. She tried to geta big stick inside, but she could not do it, so she went into the box and pulledon it. The stick broke and I heard her thump against the back of the house. We enjoyed having Miss Stuart come to our meetings. She showed us a The Audubon Societies 293 stuffed Cardinal, a Flicker, a Cedar Waxwing, a Chimney Swift, and otherbirds. On June 14, we had


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