Report of the Directors 13 



National Association of Audubon Societies in engaging the services 

 of Mr. Henry Oldys of Washington, D. C. Mr. Oldys is well known 

 as a lecturer on birds, and during the month he covered the State, 

 paying particular attention to schools in the interest of the Junior 

 Class work. He was everywhere well received and addressed in all 90 

 audiences, totalling 24,350 persons, thus materially helping the cause 

 from many different angles. 



Annual Mass An Annual Mass Meeting to which all friends of the 

 Meetings. Society are invited has long been a feature of the work. 



The 1915 meeting was held in Huntington Hall on the 

 afternoon of April 17th, the lecturers being Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, 

 Secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies, and Mr. 

 Charles C. Gorst, bird-imitator. Over two thousand persons attended 

 this meeting, the hall, which seats nearly a thousand, being twice filled, 

 one half of the audience waiting its turn without while the other half 

 were seated, the lecturer repeating his address. The numbers were an 

 eloquent tribute to the popularity of both the lecturers and the cause. 

 The 1916 meeting was held in Tremont Temple, the speakers being 

 Mr. Charles C. Gorst, the bird-imitator, and Mr. Herbert K. Job, 

 The great auditorium at the Temple was well filled and the meeting 

 was a great success. These meetings are of much value to the Society 

 in bringing its work personally before thousands and in giving its 

 members and their friends opportunity to hear the foremost bird lec- 

 turers of the day. 



Bird During the spring of 1916, Dr. George W. Field, now a 



Sanctuary, member of the Biological Survey at Washington, offered 

 the Society the use of his large estate at Moose Hill, 

 Sharon, as a Bird Sanctuary, it being hoped that it might be developed 

 as a model. Owing to the absence of Dr. Field, little has been done on 

 this plan as yet, but plans are under consideration and it is hoped may 

 be acted upon, as the place offers one of the finest opportunities to 

 be had, one of the highest hills in the eastern part of the State — a 

 landmark in the direct path of migration, diversified, variously wooded, 

 with marsh and stream as well as upland. 



Local Efficient helpers in the cause are the Local Secretaries, 



Secretaries, of which the Society aims to have one in every town. 

 The names of those engaged in this work at present are 

 given on another page and the Directors would be glad to learn of 

 others in any locality who might be induced to serve. They wish to 

 express here and now their gratitude to all who thus give freely of 

 their time and strength in this good cause. 



