. Bird-lore . , that you choose four birds for close study andkeep daily records of what you learn about them. I think the Robin, EnglishSparrow, Crow, and Downy Woodpecker might be a very profitable group tostudy. Will you try to answer the following questions so far as possible fromyour own observations? 1. How many relatives, belonging to I he same family, of each of these species, can youname? 2. Which bird has the largest number of relatives? Which the fewest? 3. What food do these birds chiefly eat during the fall? Is it the same kind of foodthat they eat at other seasons of the year? 4.
. Bird-lore . , that you choose four birds for close study andkeep daily records of what you learn about them. I think the Robin, EnglishSparrow, Crow, and Downy Woodpecker might be a very profitable group tostudy. Will you try to answer the following questions so far as possible fromyour own observations? 1. How many relatives, belonging to I he same family, of each of these species, can youname? 2. Which bird has the largest number of relatives? Which the fewest? 3. What food do these birds chiefly eat during the fall? Is it the same kind of foodthat they eat at other seasons of the year? 4. Will they all remain after cold weather sets in? 5. Where do they spend the night? In the same places as at other times of the year? 6. Are they sociable or solitary in their habits? If you set about discovering the answers to these questions gladly and with adesire to find out all you can by using your own eyes, you will have learned Thoreaussecret and Audubons secret, and part of the birds secrets. A. H. MRS. NIGHTHAWK IS DOWN NEAR THE LOWER EDGE OF THIS PICTURE. HERTWO BABIES SHOW JUST IN FRONT OF HER BREAST. IT WAS VERY HOT, AND ITHINK SHE KEPT THEM THERE BECAUSE IT WAS COOLER. The Audubon Societies 335 FOR AND FROM ADULT AND YOUNGOBSERVERS Vireo, Vireo, Where do you goWhen the summers doneAnd the winters begun? Where do you go, Vireo, Vireo? VIREO Vireo, Vireo, Where do you go?Do you wander all night,With no shelter in sight? Where do you go, Vireo, Vireo? -Doris E. Fernald (Age lo years), Jackson, N. H.
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