10 Massachusetts Audubon Society 



LIFE MEMBERS RECEIVED DURING JANUARY 

 Parker, Mrs. Cortlandt Fort Sill, Oklahoma 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS RECEIVED DURING JANUARY 



Baxendale, Mrs, E, M. Amrita Island, Cataumet 



Boyd, Mrs. Harriet T, Dedham 



Brewer, Frank C. 57 Main Street, Hingham 



Cheney, Mrs. B. P. 32 Marlborough St., Boston 



French, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Canton 



Higbee, Harry G. Sharon 



Linder, Robert B. Canton 



Linder, Mrs. John Canton 



Loud, Francis Fiske 1 Dwight St. Extension, Brookline 



Loud, Richard 1 Dwight St. Extension, Brookline 



Mead, Mrs. Lucia Ames 19 Euston St., Brookline 



Peach, Mrs. Harry R. 59 Lindall St., Danvers 



Sherburne, Mrs. Frederick 382 Commonwealth Ave.. Boston 



Stanley, Miss Mary R. 28 Ash St., North Attleboro 



Thaxter, Miss Amelia R. 26 Pleasant St., Salem 



BIRD NOTES 

 Unique Nesting Place 



I think perhaps you will be interested to know that on Tuesday, Jan- 

 uary 14th, I was obliged to go down around Marshfield, Pembroke, Hanson 

 and that section of the country looking up some farms for a couple of 

 returned soldiers. In the course of my travels we visited one old abandoned 

 place and found the back door unlocked so walked in. It was a very old 

 house Avith wonderful old fireplaces, the one in the kitchen of the house being 

 one of the best examples I ever saw of fireplace, oven, with the two old 

 kettles set in on the side. A good many of the window panes were gone and 

 the thing of great interest to me was that on a shelf over this sink was a 

 robin's nest. This was unquestionably a last year's nest and the signs were 

 not wanting that they had raised at least one brood. 



I have seen robins' nests in lots of odd places, but never before have I 

 seen one inside a house. Probably they had a safe and comfortable home. 



R. W. Merrick. 



New Hampshire News 



You will be interested to know that we have a screech owl wintering in 

 Nashua. I saw him Monday. He is living in the brick ventilator that runs 

 through the top of a schoolhouse. Subsists on the English sparrows (pre- 

 sumably). 



I also saw a small hawk last Saturday. I did not have my glasses and 

 he flew before I could get near enough to distinguish the markings, but from 



