Monthly Bulletin 5 



LOCAL SECRETARIES 



The one hundred and twenty-seven Local Secretaries have continued 

 their good work for the Society in various parts of the State during the past 

 year. Some have been able to do much more than others, but the work in 

 ail cases has been helpful and the Directors wish to express their thanks 

 to these faithful assistants. They feel that the Annual Convention was one 

 full of inspiration not only to the Secretaries, but to the officers of the 

 Sociely, and they are confident of an increasing interest as a result during 

 the coming year. The Society would be glad to enroll other Local Secre- 

 taries in towns where none are appointed, and invites suggestions. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AUDUBON SOCIETIES 



The Society is always in close touch with the National Association, 

 which, under the able leadership of Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, so wisely directs 

 the bird protection movement throughout the country. Through it national 

 needs are made known to us and assistance is invariably given. To its 

 campaign for the Roosevelt Memorial Bird Fountain, the Society contributed 

 $1,000, the money being subscribed for that purpose in small stuns by a 

 large proportion of our membership. To all who thus loyally contributed 

 the Directors wish to express there sincere thanks. 



LEGACIES 



The Society gratefully records the fact that it is to receive a legacy of 

 $2,000 from the estate of the late President William Brewster, and is also a 

 beneficiary to a similar amount in the will of the late Ella A. Fiske of 

 Clinton. 



Sums donated by will to the Society are 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 



/ give and bequeath to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Incor- 

 porated, the sum of Dollars for its 



Reserve Fund. 



