2 M as s achus etts Audub on S o ciety 



ROYAL E. ROBBINS 



The recent death of Royal E. Robbins, of Brookline, brings sorrow to 

 the hearts of all interested in birds. Mr. Robbins was an earnest student of 

 bird-life, a consistent bird protectionist, and an unfailing friend of the work 

 of the Audubon Society, helpful always in a quiet, manly way. He will be 

 sadly missed. In loving remembrance of him, members of his family have 

 established the Royal E. Robbins Memorial Fund, placed in the care of the 

 Directors of the Society, the income to be used for the protection of birds, 

 a fitting tribute to his memory and one of lasting usefulness to the cause of 

 the Society. 



THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIVE PLANTS 



This Society, of which Robert T. Jackson is President and Miss Mar- 

 garet E. Allen Secretary, with headquarters at 66 Newbury Street has long 

 been useful in its work for the protection of our rarer wild flowers and ferns. 

 Through leaflets and other means attention is called to the need of saving 

 these from destruction through the careless enthusiasm of people who pick 

 them too thoroughly and too eagerly. Leaflets may be had on application at 

 this office, 66 Newbury Street, for free distribution. 



This Society now joins with the Massachusetts Audubon Society in the 

 support of the Bird Sanctuary at Moose Hill. At this place may be found 

 many of the rarer wild flowers and ferns of the region. Nature students 

 interested in these are cordially invited to make use of the Sanctuary grounds, 

 where the warden carefully guards these rare plants from depredations. 

 He knows plants as well as birds and is always willing to serve as guide. 

 Among the other collections to be seen at the Sanctuary headquarters are 

 mounted specimens of the rarer ferns. The work of preserving these 

 beauties of our forest, too often thoughtlessly destroyed, is a valuable one 

 and deserves encouragement. 



BIRD MAGAZINES 



There are bird students in every town, and for their benefit all libraries 

 should contain current numbers and, if possible, complete files of the Auk, 

 Bird-Lore and the Bulletin of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. In many 

 instances, even in libraries where large funds are available, this is not the 

 case. Why not look the matter up in your local library? If these magazines 

 are not there, it is a simple matter to put in the usual request for them with 

 the librarian. Often that is all that is necessary to secure them. 



BIRD BOOKS 



What has been said of the magazines is true in a large measure of the 

 best of the bird books. These should be in every public library. At the 

 office, 66 Newbury Street, the Audubon Society has a bookcase devoted to 

 these. Members and friends of bird-life are cordially invited to use them 

 for reference at the office at any time. If you wish to suggest a list to your 

 own library, this is a good place in which to look it up. In this connection, 

 the librarian wishes to record gratefully a valued gift from Miss Evelyn 

 Purdie, of Cambridge. This is a complete set of bound volumes of the 

 Auk, beginning with the first issue of the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithologi- 

 cal Club, issued in 1876, and ending with the latest issue of the Auk in 1919. 



