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study which has been adopted by the local 

 public schools. 



The Meriden (N. H.) Bird Club, of which 

 the author is General Manager, has many 

 activities. First of all it is active in the organi- 

 zation of other bird clubs, and is responsible 

 for the existence of scores of such clubs in dif- 

 ferent parts of the country. It has members 

 scattered over about thirty different states and 

 to each member is sent every year a beauti- 

 fully illustrated report telling what the club 

 has been doing, and giving instructions for the 

 carrying on of similar work in other parts of the 

 country. Then, the Meriden Bird Club has 

 an old farm of thirty-two acres, the gift of Helen 

 Woodruff Smith, which it has converted into 

 a bird sanctuary. Here all native birds are 

 provided with food in winter, with water in sum- 

 mer, and with many nesting boxes at all sea- 

 sons. It was for the dedication of this preserve 

 that Percy Mackaye wrote his famous Bird 

 Masque Sanctuary which has since been played 

 before many bird clubs, and which has already 

 resulted in the establishment of several bird 

 sanctuaries. 



And speaking of bird sanctuaries, the writer 

 believes that it is a matter of much importance 

 that great numbers of these be established all 



