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BIRD DAY AT SHARON 



The Annual Bird Day at the Moose Hill Bird Sanctuary of the Massa- 

 chusetts Audubon Society has been set this year for Saturday, May 20th. 

 The spring bird migration varies, of course, with the quality of the season 

 but it is usually at its height at about this time when all the warbler hosts 

 may be expected. In any case, all the local birds will probably have arrived. 

 As at present planned, there will be no formal exercises, but members and 

 friends are invited to come to spend the day and enjoy the birds, wild flowers 

 and woods, which will surely be at their best. It is expected that the Society 

 will be at home at the new Sanctuary Headquarters. This is the white colo- 

 nial cottage which stands near the junction of Upland and Moose Hill Roads, 

 a little distance north of the former headquarters on the Field place. Last 

 year fifty or more species of birds were observed during the day, several of 

 them rare in this part of the State. Visitors coming for the day should bring 

 a basket luncheon. Arrangements will be made to have sandwiches, coffee 

 and ice-cream on sale. Trains for Sharon leave South Station as follows: 

 A. M. 6:25, 7:39, 11:00. P. M. 12: 25, 1: 35, 2: 33, 3: 30, 4: 28. Return: 

 A. M. 8:00, 8:44, 10:54, 11:51. P. M. 1:21, 2:52, 4:46, 6:14, 7:10, 

 9:07. 



BIRD SANCTUARY FUND 



So great is the interest in the subscription for the purchase of the 

 Sanctuary that Mr. J. B. Kavanaugh of The Jamaica Press, Cambridge, 

 Mass., which has for many years done most excellent printing for the Society 

 sent in his check with the proof of the circular letter which he printed for 

 us, thus securing the honor of being the first subscriber to this most worthy 

 fund. Mr. Kavanaugh won this honor by a narrow margin, however, as he 

 was but a very short period ahead of the subscription which came in from 

 Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Bigbee, the Superintendent of the Sanctuary and his 

 wife. Deeds for the Sanctuary have passed, and the Society has taken 

 formal possession and the work there is now going on. Money for the pur- 

 chase was temporarily taken from the Reserve Fund and it is hoped through 

 the generosity of subscribers it will be possible to replace this amount. It 

 is planned that the names of all donors to this fund, suitably inscribed, 

 shall be displayed in the main Assembly Room at the Sanctuary Head- 

 quarters. 



OTHER SANCTUARIES 



The bird sanctuary movement throughout the country progresses rap- 

 idly. There are now in Florida, for instance, eleven bird sanctuaries estab- 

 lished by the Federal Government, mostly islands. Bird sanctuaries 

 throughout the United States similarly established now number seventy-three. 

 In addition there are some municipal bird sanctuaries and a number un- 

 recorded but very large, established by individuals on private property. 

 Dating from March 22, 1922, what has been known as the Lynnfield Res- 

 ervation in the town of Lynnfield and the city of Peabody has been re- 

 newed by the State Conservation Commission, Department of Fisheries and 

 Game, for another period of three years. This is on petition from the 

 owners. 



Now is the time to put out bird-houses. At the office of the Society, 

 66 Newbury Street, may be seen the best types of these. Some of them are 

 in sto''k and may be bought here and taken away, any one of them may be 

 ordereu through us and will be promptly delivered. 



