2 Massachusetts Audubon Society 



IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



The Directors acknowledge gratefully the receipt of a legacy of two 

 thousand two hundred and seventy-two dollars from the estate of Mrs. 

 Polly Hollingsworth. The sum was immediately placed in the Reserve 

 Fund of the Society, a use of the money which has peculiar value because 

 of its permanence. 



The altruistic work of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, carried on 

 for many years with increasing success, suggests the desirability of remem- 

 bering it in this fashion. All the funds of the Society are handled carefully 

 and conservatively, but the Reserve Fund, in the exclusive control of the 

 Board of Directors, is especially worthy of the consideration of testators 

 who wish to make legacies of lasting usefulness. 



There will always be need of organized work for bird protection, a 

 form of conservation of the greatest importance to the general welfare. 

 The Reserve Fund of the Society, when of sufficient size, will insure this. 

 Can you not help in this way? 



FORM OF BEQUEST. 

 I give and bequeath to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Incorpor- 

 ated, the sum of Dollars for its Reserve Fund. 



AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The American Ornithologists' Union extends a cordial invitation to all 

 interested in birds to attend its thirty-fifth Annual Meeting, Tuesday, 

 Wednesday and Thursday, November 13th, 14th and 15th, at the University 

 Museum, Oxford Street, Cambridge, Mass. There will be both morning 

 and afternoon sessions, at 10:00 and 2:30. This Annual Meeting of the 

 Union brings together the principal ornithologists of America. At this 

 season most of the expeditions have returned from the field, and results 

 in the shape of lantern-slides and motion-pictures are used to illustrate 

 many papers. Those who have attended these meetings rarely miss them 

 if they can help it. The Union will not come to Cambridge again for many 

 years. This is a good opportunity to become acquainted with the great 

 work being done by scientific bird students, not only here in America, but 

 throughout the world. There will be an opportunity for any who wish to 

 make application for membership in the Union; the Annual Dues ($3.00) 

 include a subscription to the Auk, the principal bird magazine published 

 in America. Applications for membership may be made at any time to 

 Mr. E. H. Forbush, State Ornithologist, Room 136, State House, Boston. 



