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Report, and two excellent reviews — one by Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson and one 

 by Mr. Frank M. Chapman, in Bird-Lore, to say nothing of notices in other 

 publications. 



We have continued the activities outUned in our tirst report, and have 

 followed the educational campaign of supplying the teachers of Milton with 

 the educational leatlets issued by the National Audubon Societies. The request 

 for these already supplied amount to 2,560 for the use of the school children. 

 Our social meetings and lectures have continued. Mr. Charles Crawford Gorst, 

 the noted bird-note whistler, entertained us one evening. The Canton Bird 

 Club, represented by Mr. Horton and Mr. Adams, showed a series of lantern- 

 slides made from their own pictures of birds and animals, all of which were 

 taken locally in Canton. 



A second exhibition of a different character from the first was held for four 

 weeks during the spring, at the Milton Public Library, on bird migration. 

 Copies of the charts of migration routes which had appeared in the National 

 Geographic Magazine, and later in a little book entitled 'Birds of Town and 

 Country,' were copied and exhibited with pictures and also a mounted speci- 

 men or a prepared skin of the bird which made the flight. This added interest 

 to the charts, as showing the size of the birds that made the flights. 



The President, Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, has spoken before several groups 

 of people interested in bird-life. Dr. Chandler Foote, of the Club, led a bird- 

 walk at the 'Bird Day' at Franklin Park. The General Manager has spoken 

 at a bird-protection exhibit at the Framingham Public Library, and also at 

 the 'Bird Day' at Franklin Park, which was held under the auspices of the 

 State Ornithologist, the Massachusetts State Grange, and the Massachusetts 

 Audubon Society, the topic assigned being 'The Building of a Bird Club.' 



This spring a 'Bird Day' was celebrated at Cunningham Park, the Brush 

 Hill Bird Club cooperating with the trustees. Mr. Gorst whistled bird- notes 

 and Mr. Jesse B. Baxter, one of the managers of the park, welcomed the 350 

 persons present and stated the objects for which the 'Bird Day' had been 

 held, and the hopes for the growth of interest in the park area as a bird sanc- 

 tuary. Miss Turner, who has charge of the nature work and school gardens in 

 the public schools of Milton, spoke on the relation of birds to agriculture, and 

 the work that the children were doing along the lines of bird study. The 

 General Manager of the Brush Hill Bird Club spoke of the practical side of the 

 work, and the three elements which were needed to attract birds: first, winter- 

 feeding; second, nesting-boxes; third, water for drinking and bathing purposes. 

 The Sanctuary, which has been begun in the park, contains these three ele- 

 ments, which may be copied by the townspeople about their own homes. 



The Club has further offered a prize of ten dollars in gold for the best 

 essay by the children of Milton on any one of the four following topics: 



1. The Birds of the township of Milton. 



2. The best method of attracting and protecting the birds of Milton. 



