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Decorations. — Halls are brightened for bird nights with 2-cent Perry 

 pictures. They are best remembered if grouped in families, a study of 

 which may be made from Reed's " Bird Guide." They may be tacked 

 on cloth or jjaper. 



Lists. — All members are encouraged to make yearly lists of all the 

 birds they can identify. Lecturers try to use care lest in rivalry for 

 long lists there is carelessness in identification. Daily lists are even 

 more educational than yearly. 



Prizes. — Prizes which have been announced at the beginning of the 

 year or on bird night may be awarded at the grange fair in autumn. 



Contests. — 1. The miniature pictures of Reed's, of which there are 

 80, are far more accurate for identifying than Perry's. These pictures 

 are grouped around the hall with names covered. Members write the 

 names of these, and those who make the best lists receive appropriate 

 prizes, as a book, " Land Birds," a bird box or simply an Audubon 

 leaflet. 



2. Each member wears something to represent a bird. This is more 

 certain to succeed if some one person will furnish every member with 

 a paper with the name of some bird " jumbled," namely, the letters mis- 

 I^laced, these to be pinned on the shoulder. Then all go about examin- 

 ing the names, and those who get the best lists have little prizes. 



Time of Bird Nights. — A good time for bird nights is in April or 

 May. May is the greatest of all months for song. 



The secretary of the bird committee at New Salem will furnish in- 

 foi-mation and eon-espond with any one interested in birds. The chair- 

 man at Princeton is always ready to help in the work. 



Also, several other circulars witli suggestions have been sent 

 by the bird committee to the subordinate granges throughout the 

 State. 



Bird Club Exhibits. 

 Since the successful work of the Meriden Bird Club at 

 Meriden, ISTew Hampshire, has become widely known through 

 the efforts of the manager, Ernest Harold Baynes, many clubs 

 have been organized for the .protection of birds, and Massachu- 

 setts has been one of the foremost States in this movement. In 

 1914 the Brush Hill Bird Club of Milton, Massachusetts, was 

 organized, and under the leadership of its president, Dr. Joel 

 A. Goldthwait, and its energetic general manager. Dr. Harris 

 J. Kennedy, planned a unique exhibit of materials and ap- 

 pliances for attracting and feeding birds. The scope of this 

 exhibition was enlarged to include almost everything relating to 



