CUCKOO
Call--"Cook-koo"
GRAY

OTTER
Cry--"Hoi-oi-oick"
BROWN AND WHITE

BEAVER
Slap made by clapping bands
BLUE AND YELLOW

{22 continued}

Each scout in a patrol should be able to imitate the call of his
patrol animal. That is, the scouts of the Wolf patrol should be able
to imitate a wolf. In this way scouts of the same patrol can
communicate with each other when in hiding, or in the dark of night.
It is not honorable for a scout to use the call of any other patrol
except his own.

The patrol leader calls up his patrol at will by sounding his whistle
and by giving the call of the patrol.

When the scout makes signs anywhere for others to read he also draws
the head of his animal. That is to say, if he were out scouting and
wanted to show that a certain road should not be followed by others,
he would draw the sign, "not to be followed," across it and add the
name of his patrol animal, in order to show which patrol discovered
that the road was bad, and by adding his own number at the left of the
head to show which scout had discovered it.

[Illustration: Outline of animals. (tr)]
BLUE BUFFALO on white ground

FLYING EAGLES
"Yeh-yeh-yeh"
Black and white on red

BLUE HERONS
"Hrrrr"
Blue and green

HORNED KINGBIRDS

SINAWA
Black on red

BLACKBEARS
Black on red

AHMEEKS

SILVER FOXES

RED TRAILERS

MOON BAND
Yellow on blue

OWNEOKES

BLAZING ARROW

Each patrol leader carries a small flag on the end of his staff {23} or
stave with the head of his patrol animal shown on both sides. Thus the
Tigers of the Twenty-seventh New York Troop should have the flag shown
below.

[Illustration: Banner with tiger and "27 N.Y." (tr)]

The Merit Badges
(Result of work of Committee on Badges, Awards and Equipment: Dr.
George J. Fisher, Chairman, Gen. George W. Wingate, Dr. C. Ward
Crampton, Daniel Carter Beard. C. M. Connolly, A. A. Jameson. Ernest
Thompson Seton.)

When a boy has become a first-class scout he may qualify for the merit
badges.

_The examination for these badges should be given by the Court of Honor
of the local council. This examination must not be given any boy who
is not qualified as a first-class scout. After the boy has passed the
examination, the local council may secure the merit badge for him by
presenting the facts to the National Council. These badges are
intended to stimulate the boy's interest in