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Item Name: Bird Study 1937 - 1938

Item ID: BirStu-C2a

Collector Rating: 1

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Requirements January 1928 until January 1 1938. Between September 7, 1937 and January 1, 1938 these requirements were optional

1. Produce a list of forty species of wild birds which have been personally observed, and positively identified in the field.

2. Produce a list showing the greatest number of species that he has seen in the field in one week.

3. Produce a list, derived from personal observation, of twenty species of birds particularly noted for their value to agriculture in the destruction of insects.

4. Produce a list, derived from personal reading, of ten birds of prey particularly useful in the destruction of rats and mice.

5. Name ten species of birds particularly useful in protecting the trunks of trees from borers, bark-lice, and scale insects.

6. Describe at least two bird boxes and two food tables that have been erected y him, the species of birds that have been attracted by them, and how many of the birds have nested in these boxes.

7. State what he has done to protect birds from wicked and unjust slaughter; to promote long, close seasons for vanishing species; and to promote the creation of bird preserves and sanctuaries.

(BIRD STUDY IN HAWAII)

Since it is impossible for Scouts on the Hawaiian Islands to meet the requirements in Bird Study, as the required number of birds is not to be found on the Islands, these requirements are official for use in the Hawaiian Islands only, but in no other section.

1. Ascertain the approximate number of species of wild birds that occur in the Hawaiian group, and name and describe not less than seven species that have been personally observed by him, giving the English and Hawaiian name of each, and tell something of the home life (or habits) of each species of the seven.

2. Produce a list of all introduced species of birds found in the Islands and tell something of interest about each.

3. Name all species common to the Island where the Scout resides that are beneficial or detrimental to agriculture, giving reasons in each case.

4. Produce a list, from general reading, of ten birds of prey, from any country, that feed on rats and mice; ten that feed largely on fish; ten that feed on both animal and plant food.

5. State what is done by the Territory in the way of bird protection, and tell about the location, extent and purpose of the Hawaiian Island Bird Reservation.

6. State the reason for not building bird boxes in Hawaii.  Tell why Scouts on mainland are encouraged to build bird boxes, food tables, etc., for the use of birds.

7. Name and briefly describe several birds from reading or from a visit to the museum, that are very rare or extinct.  How many birds in the Hawaiian group are found in no other locality in the world; how many extinct species are known to have lived in Oahu?

Requirements January 1 1938 until December 1943, between September 7 1937 and January 1 1938 these requirements were optional

1. Produce a list of forty species of wild birds which have been personally observed and positively identified in the field and tell how to differentiate each from those other species with which it might be confused.

2. Produce a list showing the greatest number of species that he has seen in the field in one week.

3. Produce a list derived form personal reading of:

a. Twenty species of birds particularly noted for their value to agriculture in the destruction of insects and weed seeds.

b. Ten birds of prey particularly useful in the destruction of rats and mice.

c. Ten species of fish-eating birds, and tell why they are not inimical to man's interests.

4. Describe at least two bird boxes and two food tables that have been erected by him, the species of birds that have been attracted by them, and how many of the birds have nested in these boxes.

5. From personal observation name and describe the birds he has seen in three different habitats (open fields, woodlands, farmland, marsh, etc.) and tell why all birds do not choose the same habitat.  Make at least three visits to each type of countryside.

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            Make a census of the bird-life of a 25-acre tract by systematically covering the ground on three separate days and listing the species and number of individuals of each observed.

6. State what he did to protect birds from slaughter; and to promote the creation of bird preserves and sanctuaries.

(BIRD STUDY IN HAWAII)

            Since it is impossible for Scouts on the Hawaiian Islands to meet the requirements in Bird Study, as the required number of birds is not to be found on the Islands, these requirements are official for use in the Hawaiian Islands only, but in no other section.

1. Ascertain the approximate number of species of wild birds that occur in the Hawaiian group, and name and describe not less than seven species that have been personally observed by him, giving the English and Hawaiian name of each, and tell something of the home life (or habits) of each species of the seven.

2. Produce a list of all introduced species of birds found in the Islands and tell something of interest about each.

3. Name all species common to the Island where the Scout resides that are beneficial or detrimental to agriculture, giving reasons in each case.

4. Produce a list, from general reading, of ten birds of prey, from any country, that feed on rats and mice; ten that feed largely on fish; ten that feed on both animal and plant food.

5. State what is done by the Territory in the way of bird protection, and tell about the location, extent and purpose of the Hawaiian Island Bird Reservation.

6. State the reason for not building bird boxes in Hawaii.  Tell why Scouts on mainland are encouraged to build bird boxes, food tables, etc., for the use of birds.

7. Name and briefly describe several birds from reading or from a visit to the museum, that are very rare or extinct.  How many birds in the Hawaiian group are found in no other locality in the world; how many extinct species are known to have lived in Oahu?