Monthly Bulletin 7 



acres^of beautiful and diversified country within 18 miles of Boston. It 

 is fenced to keep out marauders, furnished with nesting places and drink- 

 ing fountains and with tangled thickets in which the shyest of warblers 

 may bring up a family in absolute seclusion, and is now ready for its 

 feathered tenants. 



The steady disappearance of many of our native birds, has long been 

 a source of keen anxiety to ornithologists and nature lovers. Bird sanc- 

 tuaries, now being everywhere established, are believed to be the best 

 remedy for this condition. 



This sanctuary has been made possible through the bequest of the 

 late Mrs. Martha B. Angell, widow of Dr. Henry C. Angell of Beacon 

 street, to the Animal Rescue League. 



The bequest provided for the establishment of the Bartlett-Angell 

 Memorial Home for Animals by a gift of property, which consists of about 

 50 acres of land, a house and a barn, situated in Medfield, on the car-line 

 between Dedham and Franklin. Forty acres of this land are heavily 

 wooded with pines, cedars and other trees. It is the wish of the league 

 officials to preserve this beautiful tract of woodland and to carry on the 

 work of the farm. The directors of the League, after consultation with 

 Edward Howe Forbush, state ornithologist, decided to make use of the 

 property for the purpose of encouraging the increase of native birds by 

 putting up bird-houses, constructing water-places, arranging shrubs 

 and thickets to attract birds and making every effort to protect the birds. 



The sanctuary contains tall trees for the birds that like to build high 

 in the branches, meadows for the ground builders, deep wildernesses for 

 the shy folk, nesting boxes and hollow trunks for birds that are semi- 

 domesticated and prefer to make their homes in the neighborhood of 

 human habitations. 



The house is used as a residence for the caretaker who will guard the 

 reserve against the depredations of men and boys who may desire to 

 hunt eggs and nests and practice with shotguns on the birds. Individual 

 bird-lovers, study clubs, etc., are welcomed to picnic on the grounds and 

 make their studies of the birds at close range. 



To facilitate observation without disturbing the birds, drinking 

 and bathing basins and feeding- tables are arranged throughout the re- 

 serve. The birds are to be fed on these tables only in winter. The 

 managers of the sanctuary expect that this regular feeding will induce 

 many migratory birds that now leave the country in winter because they 

 cannot find anything to eat to remain here the year around. Already 

 many of these birds have taken possession of the new reserve. In the 

 summer 20 different species of birds were counted at one of the drinking 

 placfes. They included tanagers, wood thrushes, veeries, grosbeaks and 

 other kinds. 



