Monthly Bulletin 5 



MOTION PICTURES 



The Birds of Killingworth 



Two-Reel Film of the Massachusetts Audubon Society 



Birds on the screen, singing and nesting, the thrush pouring out his 

 soul in careless rapture, robins carolling and feeding their nestlings, the 

 crow sitting on the scarecrow and laughing at the farmer. All these and 

 many more are seen in "The Birds of Killingworth," Longfellow's classic 

 poem, which has just been filmed as a two-reel feature for the Massa- 

 chusetts Audubon Society by the Educational Motion Picture Bureau. The 

 bird pictures on this film are by William and Irene Finley, famous the 

 world over for their motion pictures of birdlife. 



Through it all runs the wholesome human-interest story of New Eng- 

 land village life of a century ago: the farmers at their town meeting, the 

 village academy, the children in school and out, the preceptor and the fair 

 Almira, the deacon and his "one-horse shay" — quaint scenes of long ago, 

 pictured as Longfellow wrote about them. You see the Wayside Inn where 

 the story is told and the poet as he told it. 



Here is a worth-while story of interwoven birdlife and human life, 

 teaching the lesson of bird protection and of kindness for all. Longfellow's 

 "Birds of Killingworth" is a classic ; everywhere school children have read 

 it and declaimed it; old and young alike will want to see it on the screen. It 

 will be released early in January. Ask your favorite motion-picture house 

 about it. 



You may want it yourself for church or school. State Audubon So- 

 cieties and Bird Clubs may own prints of this film to educate and entertain 

 the district which they serve. It carries the message of bird protection 

 to those who most need it in the best possible way. 



Are you interested? Write to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 66 

 Newbury Street, Boston, for facts and figures. 



THE FIRST CEMETERY BIRD SANCTUARY 



Mt. Hope Cemetery of Rochester, N. Y., is to be the first cemetery in the 

 United States that will be turned into a sanctuary for birds. Contract has 

 been placed to outfit the cemtery with bird-houses, nesting-supply stations, 

 feeding stations and bird baths, and a preliminary survey is now under 

 way. The work of preparing the cemetery to attract the birds will include 

 planting of shrubs and plants that are favorites with the songsters and 

 placing houses in such places and numbers as will be best adapted to 

 attract and conserve bird life. The contract covers a period of five years, 

 during which time the contractors will continually look after the birds in 

 the cemetery. 



The action is in line with recommendations sent to all cemetery 

 superintendents recently, in which it was suggested that more attention be 

 paid to the conservation of birds because of their value as destroying 

 agents of harmful insects and because they thus protect the country's food 

 supplies. 



