Monthly Bulletin 5 



Hyams, Miss Sarah A. 26 Wales St., Dorchester. 



Morgan, Miss Alice M. 6 Mercer Circle, Cambridge. 



Walcott, Robert 910 Barristers Hall, Boston. 



LIFE MEMBERS— AUGUST 

 Parker, Mrs. Edward L. Concord. 



LIFE MEMBERS— SEPTEMBER 



Chapin, Mrs. Rufus 1328 Northampton St., Holyoke. 



Kellner, Waldo Willard 7 Mason St., Cambridge. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS— SEPTEMBER 



Adams, John M. 408 N. Main St., N. Natick. 



Cobb, Mrs. John C. 340 Adams St., Milton. 



King, Harvey 11 Merlin St., Dorchester. 



Jordan, Augustus C. 137 Mt. Vernon St., West Roxbury. 



Tinkham, H. L. Care W. L. Douglas Shoe Co., Brock- 



ton. 



THE MOOSE HILL BIRD SANCTUARY 



Shortly after our annual "Bird Day" on the Dr. Field estate at Sharon, 

 an account of which appeared in the June Monthly Bulletin, arrangements 

 were completed for the use of this property to be developed and maintained 

 as a permanent protected area for wild birds, where studies, investigations 

 and experiments pertaining to general bird welfare might be carried on 

 in the interests of the Audubon Society, and for the benefit of the state 

 at large. 



Mr. Harry G. Higbee, of Hyde Park, was engaged to take charge of 

 this work, and assumed his duties on the first of June, taking up his resi- 

 dence in the old farmhouse on Moose Hill Street, near the northern bound- 

 ary of the property. 



This tract of land, which has been designated as the Moose Hill Bird 

 Sanctuary, covers an area of approximately 235 acres among the hills 

 in the western part of Sharon, and rises from an elevation of 240 feet 

 at its lowest point to over 400 feet at its western boundary. It is greatly 

 diversified in character and seems most admirably adapted for the work 

 which we have vmdertaken. Several small streams run through the property; 

 there are an artificial pond for water fowl, and a small natural pond in 

 the woods. Meadowland, swamps, many orchards and varied sorts of 

 woodland afford ample shelter, food and nesting-sites for the various species 

 of birds. 



About a mile and a half southeast of the property lies the well-known 

 Lake Massapoag, and two miles southwest is Foxboro Pond, the head- 

 waters of the Neponset River. Along the western boundary is a chain of 

 hills, culminating not far away in Moose Hill, which rises to an elevation 



