. Bird lore . Gracklesbarely breasted the storm,perched thickly in a half-leavedtree. Robins rudely swept fromthe turf, struggled to keep suf-ficient balance to enable them to flutter into the nearest shelter, while small birds ofmany species vanished almost as if by magic. The writer, huddled underneath aninsignificant tree near the entrance to a road-tunnel, and hanging desperately to awrenching umbrella, was amazed to find at close quarters, several birds, the rarest ofwhich was a Blue-headed Vireo. While the squall lasted, and escape was dangerous,fear of their human companion seemed to be
. Bird lore . Gracklesbarely breasted the storm,perched thickly in a half-leavedtree. Robins rudely swept fromthe turf, struggled to keep suf-ficient balance to enable them to flutter into the nearest shelter, while small birds ofmany species vanished almost as if by magic. The writer, huddled underneath aninsignificant tree near the entrance to a road-tunnel, and hanging desperately to awrenching umbrella, was amazed to find at close quarters, several birds, the rarest ofwhich was a Blue-headed Vireo. While the squall lasted, and escape was dangerous,fear of their human companion seemed to be wanting, or, more probably, to be lostin the suspense created by the havoc-making elements. As the wind subsided andtossing branches ceased snapping, the birds quickly regained their normal attitudesand betook themselves to more remote quarters. It is one thing to look at a birdthrough field-glasses with the sun at ones back and quite another, to look it squarelyin the eye in the teeth of a gale.—A. H. W.]. TWO MEMBERS OF THE WAKE ROBIN CLUB AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HELPFUL EXCHANGECORRESPONDENCE I am forwarding to you under separate cover three school papers, and thesupplement of the official organ of the Education Department of South Aus-tralia. They may interest some of your members, in so far as they indicate thesteps we are taking in our schools to educate the young idea up to bird pro-tection. What are our American cousins doing in this direction? Could any of themsend a written message of encouragement, to be printed in the ChildrensHour in this state? Im sure our boys and girls would be most sincerely.—Alfred Geo. Edquist, Adelaide High School, EducationDepartment, Adelaide, South Australia. [A request coming from so distant and so attractive a country as Australia ought tofind a ready response from the boys and girls of Bird-Lores School Department. The Audubon Societies 20I Observation of bird-life in any part of the world is attractive, but on a con
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