growth of shrubbery and hard wood trees making a good 

 combination to attract an abundance of bird life. The cabin 

 serves as headquarters for the boys when they are at work 

 erecting bird houses and feeding stations and for all field 

 trips to the sanctuary. Each summer the Life history of 

 some bird is studied intensively, and this cabin is one of 

 the greatest assets in carrying on work with such birds as the 

 Hermit thrush, which nest in abundance on the ground 

 among the pines of the region. 



An army pyramid tent, 16 feet by 16 feet, has recently 

 been purchased for use when large numbers are camping at 

 the reservation or at any of the numerous attractive camping 

 places in the vicinity of Brunswick. In September this year 

 the boys' society will camp for ten days at Cundy's Harbor, 

 where there is an excellent opportunity to study water birds, 

 as well as the land forms of bird life and to see something 

 of the Fall migration as it takes place along the Maine coast. 



It is hoped that active Junior bird clubs will be formed 

 in other towns of Maine, for we believe a flourishing Audu- 

 bon Society is sure to be a source of great pleasure to the 

 young people, as well as a valuable asset to the community. 



Major Harrington Moore of New York City, editor of 

 "Ecology," and who has recently become a contributing mem- 

 ber of the Knox Academy of Arts and Sciences, in a letter 

 to the managing editor of this Journal writes: "I have been 

 very much interested in going over the literature which you 

 sent, and was impressed by the vigor and thoroughness of 

 your organization. The bringing together of the scientific 

 interests of this State is a splendid movement which deserves 

 the hearty support of everyone. You have in this State un- 

 usual opportunities for scientific work, and your organiza- 

 tion can be of great assistance in furthering such work. For 

 example, in forestry the opportunity is particularly promis- 

 ing not only because of your vast areas of forest land, but 

 because you have as State Commissioner a man of unusual 

 ability, who was intimately connected with research work 

 of the U. S. Forest Service for a number of years." 



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