Monthly Bulletin 3 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. 



The Directors of the Massachusetts Audubon Society submit the fol- 

 lowing report: 



During the year the extension work of the Society has been carried 

 on vigorously throughout the State. Monthly from one to two thousand 

 letters have gone to selected lists of people setting forth the value of the 

 work of the Society, its need of new members and funds. As a result of 

 this the membership has been increased by 92 Life Members and 274 

 Sustaining Members and the funds by $424.25 voluntary contributions. The 

 returns from this work in membership fees and contributions have in- 

 variably more than paid for the expense of it. Its greatest value is meas- 

 ured by the increase of interest in birds and their intelligent protection. 

 This interest, fostered directly by our own work, is by no means confined 

 to the State. Almost daily evidence of it comes from remote sections of 

 the country as well as near by. 



BULLETIN. With this issue the Bulletin begins its third year. It has 

 been received with universal commendation by members and 

 friends of the Society. As a means of giving notice of coming events 

 such as lectures, meetings, publications, etc., it has demonstrated its use- 

 fulness. It serves as a valuable tie between those in direct charge of the 

 work and the membership at large. It records events in the work of the 

 Society and it is an increasingly valuable repository of unique and inter- 

 esting personal experiences in bird study and protection on the part of 

 its numerous contributors. The editors are in frequent receipt of re- 

 quests for complete files for the use of public and other libraries. It 

 serves as an added attraction to memberhip and carries the educational 

 work of the Society to some thirty-five hundred homes monthly. 



CHARTS. A valuable part of the educational work of the Society is the 

 distribution of its Bird Charts now so well known among edu- 

 cators and bird students. Special notices in regard to these charts have 

 been mailed to all school superintendents and libraries in the United 

 States and to some five thousand Audubon Society members. During the 

 year something over fifteen hundred of them were distributed to points 

 including almost every State in the Union. New editions of 1,000 

 No. 3 and 2,000 No. 1 have been printed. 



CALENDARS. The 1919 Calendar containing twelve colored pictures of 

 birds by Fuertes, Horsfall and Sawyer with appropriate 

 descriptions have been very popular. Two editions have sold, comprising 

 in all some thirteen hundred copies without disposing completely of the 

 demand, which was unexpectedly large. New plates and a larger edition 

 are planned for 1920. 



