hundreds and used the proceeds for advancing the work. In one
town the juniors had a most successful tag day, and collected funds
that were used to buy grain with which to feed birds in winter. In
Connecticut a most helpful and stimulating communication has been
established between many of the classes. A junior class in the Logan
School, Minneapolis, has even started the publication of a magazine
called {252} _Owaissa_, after the Indian name for Bluebird, as given in
Longfellow's "Hiawatha."

_Sending Birds' Nests to City Children._--Mrs. Anthony W. Dimock, of
Peekamose, New York, makes the following interesting report:

"The Robin Junior Audubon Circle is composed of the boys and girls of
three district schools in a Catskill Mountain valley. No one school
has enough pupils of required age to form a circle, and the distances
between them are so great that frequent meetings cannot be held, but
good work is being done.

"The most interesting feature of our work the past year was the
collection of abandoned birds' nests in the autumn. One school of five
pupils collected over 100 nests. From these collections two selections
of ten nests each were made, to be sent to New York City. One
collection went to the Jacob Riis Settlement, and one passed through
the hands of three kindergartens, interesting 100 children. To each
nest was attached a coloured picture of the bird {253} which had made
the nest, and a description of its habits. Letters from the Settlement
children and the kindergartners brought to the Circle expressions of
delightful appreciation."

The National Association of Audubon Societies, with headquarters at
1974 Broadway, New York City, makes the following offer of assistance
to those teachers and others who are interested in giving instruction
to children on the subject of birds and their usefulness.

To form a Junior Audubon Class for bird study, a teacher should explain
to the pupils of her grade (and others if desired) that their object
will be to learn all they can about the wild birds, and that every one
who becomes a member will be expected to be kind to the birds and
protect them. Every member will be required to pay a fee of ten cents
each year. When ten or more have paid their fees, the teacher will
send their money to the National Association, and give the name of the
Audubon Class and her own name and address. The {254} Association will
then forward to the teacher for each member who