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BIRD BOOKS 



The work of the Society in selecting and recommending the best in bird 

 books is very broad in its scope and we aim to keep on hand all the best liter- 

 ature relating to birds and bird protection, as well as other nature books. 

 Requests concerning these have become so numerous that we now issue a 

 pamphlet which contains a list of these as welT as leaflets and other bird- 

 study and bird protection material which we especially recomend. Through 

 the courtesy of the State Department of Agriculture we were able to obtain 

 Mr. Edward Howe Forbush's Bulletin "Outdoor Bird Study" with the imprint 

 of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. The sale of this valuable booklet has 

 been extensive and still continues. During the year our sales of publication 

 of this sort amounted to .|1816.01, and not only do we feel that we have 

 rendered a valuble service in thus advising and supplying material to bird 

 and nature lovers, but the modest profit which we receive has helped some- 

 what towards increasing the funds of our Treasurery. To this list should 

 now be added the new leaflet "The Story of the Audubon Society," com- 

 piled by Winthrop Packard, with portait of its first President, Willia.m 

 Brewster. 



BIRDHOUSES 



We aim to keep on hand for exhil)ition samples of the various makes 

 of bird-houses and bird-protection appliances for inspection by members 

 and other interested bird-lovers. As with our publications we are glad to 

 order these for any of our friends, and while the small sum which we 

 realize from their sale is, of course, helpful, yet the service that is ren- 

 dered to our cause through feeding, watering and housing the birds is of 

 incalculable value. Our sales have increased slightly over last year, re- 

 ceipts totalling $376.49. 



EXHIBITIONS 



We still continue to furnish organizations, clubs and societies with 

 samples of bird-houses, bird charts and leaflets for exhibitions held in 

 various localities, and wherever we have furnished these exhibits much 

 interest has been manifested in them. We furnish these exhibits for trans- 

 portation charges only, and correspondence in regard to such exhibitions is 

 solicited from any of the Society's members, friends or local secretaries. 



As in past years the Society last October exhibited for three days at 

 the Eastern State Agricultural Fair at Springfield, Massachusetts, and a 

 considerable space was given over to the use of the Society for exhibition 

 of bird-houses, bird-feeding appliances, charts, etc., and a large amount of 

 literature was distributed to the many thousands of visitors. Through the 

 courtesy of the Allen Bird Club of Springfield, we were able to obtain 

 helpful assistants to take charge of the exhibit and to assist in attending 

 to the wants of visitors. The thanks of the Society are due to Mrs. J. J. 

 Storrow, through whose courtesy the arrangements were made, to Mr. John 

 E. Thayer for financing the exhibition, and to the Allen Bird Club for 

 attending to the exhibit. 



TRAVELLING LIBRARIES 



In many communities where public libraries are small or lacking, our 

 Travelling Libraries have been of inestimable value, and from the report 

 of Miss Alice G. Chandler, of Lancaster, Massachusetts, to whom applica- 

 tion for these should be made, the use of them has been wide in such 

 localities. 



