CIRCULATING NATURE COLLECTIONS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

This Bird Study Manual is intended especially for the use ofteachers and pupils in the New York City Schools. It is writtenprimarily to describe the birds contained in the circulating naturestudy collections which the American Museum of Natural Historyloans to public schools. However it may be used as a generalguide to bird study as well. The various study outlines tellthe story of different projects that may be developed in connectionwith birds. Typical birds are illustrated. As much as is possiblein the life history of each bird is given. The bird poems may beused in connection with the study of English. The study of birdsmay very well be correlated with the studies of many other subjectssuch as Civics, Geography and other topics.

The purpose of the loan collections of birds and other animals inthe American Museum of Natural History is to place in the handsof teachers good material for classroom instruction, At the sametime authoritative data is given with each collection. These loancollections are available for any teacher in any school in GreaterNew York.

The method of obtaining these collections has been made thesimplest possible as far as the teachers are concerned. At leastonce a year (in September), and sometimes twice a year, a returnpostal card is mailed to every school principal in the City system,All that the principal has to do to obtain the collections is toindicate by numerals the sequence in which he wants the collectionsdelivered, signing his name and school number. The Museummessengers will then deliver the collections, and call forthem, without any more effort on the part of the schools. Theentire cost of this service is borne by the Museum.

Teachers are urged, whenever possible, to bring their classes tothe American Museum of Natural History, at 77th Street andCentral Park West, to take advantage of the opportunities forfurther study that are offered. In the many halls of birds andanimals, the home life and the general habitat of the creatures aregiven in detail. There is a free guide service for teachers andpupils. Also there are classes for school children held in the new2School Service Building. In fact, the wealth of natural historystudy material is always there, available in many ways for the useof all who desire to further their knowledge of the animals of theout-of-doors.

Applications for these collections and for further informationshould be addressed to The American Museum of Natural History,77th Street and Central Park West, New York City.George H. Sherwood, Curator-in-ChiefDepartment of Public Education

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The American Museum of Natural History has five collectionsof birds to lend to Public Schools. These five are:

The Blu

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