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mer, of one thing I am certain, our birds are on the fighting side; if the 

 latter, we probably harbor their Babe Ruth, and it is time for the World 

 Series. 



Whatever the call they prepare by eating heartily; not to them 

 to start on a journey with empty stomachs! This year the males left, as 

 usual, between two days. The lOth of August they were here; the 11th they 

 were not here. However, from the 14th to the 17th I saw one male daily, 

 and again on the 28th and 29th. I fancy the former was a bird belated for 

 some reason, and I am quite sure the latter was a young bird who had 

 acquired his ruby throat early. 



The first of September the females begin their preparation for the trip, 

 and they too believe in full stomachs as first aid to a long journey. This 

 season the 11th was their last day with us. 



Lonesome? Were you ever the one to be left at home when all the 

 neighborhood went to the movies or to the Sunday School picnic? 



It is a fearsome thing to lose one's job! I sympathize with ex-presidents, 

 and am only comforted by the thought that election will soon come again, 

 and I am the only candidate! 



DEED WHITNEY GAME PRESERVE TO STATE 



The Great Whitney Game Preserve of 10,000 acres on October Mountain, 

 east of Lenox, in the towns of Washington, Becket and Lee, was deeded this 

 Spring to the Comtnonwealth ol Massachuselts for $60,000, of which the 

 State pays $50,000 and private citizens the balance. The deed fills a book 

 of 126 pages and is the largest ever recorded in Pittsfield. The Whitney 

 Realty Trust, which sells the property, consists of Harry Payne Whitney, 

 Payne Whitney and Thomas J. Regan of New York. The late William C. 

 WTiitney, traction magnate, established the property as a game preserve in 

 1894. Contributors of $1000 each toward its preservation were Mrs. Henry 

 White, Cortland Field Bishop, Harris Fahnstock of New York and Kelton B. 

 Miller of the Berkshire Eagle at Pittsfield. 



Frederick G. and Winthrop M. Crane, of Dalton, gave $500 each and 

 Mr. Miller guaranteed the balance. A tract of 1000 acres, mostly in Lenox 

 adjoining the Whitney property, which was owned by the late Frederick 

 Augustus Schermerhorn of New York, is to be given to the Commonwealth 

 as a part of the reservation by his sister, Mrs. Richard T. Auchmuty, and 

 that deed will be recorded before April 15. The Massachusetts Forest 

 Conservation Commission has engaged Frank M. Chapel, mountaineer game- 

 keeper for the Whitney estate for 25 years, as reservation caretaker. 



BIRD SANCTUARY FUND 



At the date of going to press the Bird Sanctuary fund totals something 

 better than $4,000. So far 260 members and friends have subscribed. One 

 generous subscriber has forwarded $1,000. There has been one subscription 

 of $800, several of $100, and fifties and twenty-fives have been still more 

 numerous. This is a good showing, yet there is some disappointment in 

 the fact that so small a proportion of our membership has thus far shown 

 interest. It is earnestly to be hoped that every one of our four thousand 

 members will be included in our list. The names of all donors (not the 

 amounts), suitably inscribed, will be shown on the wall of the exhibition 

 room at the Sanctuary Headquarters. 



