NORTH AMERICAN SEED-EATING SONG-BIRDS
| 1. Scarlet Tanager, or Black-winged Redbird. | 2. Song Sparrow. | 3. Baltimore Oriole. | |
| 4. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. | 5. Cowbird. | 6. Cardinal Grosbeak. | 7. Purple Finch. |
| 8. Indigo Finch. | All are adult males. | ||
WALKS WITH A NATURALIST
Suggestions for Teacher and Pupil in Nature Study
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SPRING
Let us suppose that we are taking four country walks together, and trying to use, in actual experience in the field, the information we have been reading. The first shall be in the spring, the second in summer, the third when autumn leaves are falling, and the last in midwinter. We will go along the field-path, follow the lane through the woods to the creek, then down the stream to the road, and so homeward.
There is plenty to be seen, this bright spring morning. The birds are very busy, of course, for they have nests to build, and eggs to lay, and little ones to take care of; so they are hard at work from the very first thing in the morning till the very last thing at night. Almost every sparrow that we see has a feather or a piece of straw in its beak, and the robin which has just flown out of that tree with a terrified squall has already finished building, and was most likely sitting upon her eggs. Yes, there is her nest, you see, right on the lowest limb, with four greenish blue eggs.