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enjoy them. In the morning of the days 

 on which the senior walks are held the 

 junior walks are listed. Mr. Horace 

 Taylor, who conducts the junior depart- 

 ment, gives the children a short illustrated 

 talk about the birds that are expected to 

 be seen on the walk. This talk is given 

 on the afternoon before the walk is taken. 

 The children keep notebooks and their 

 lists of birds, make colored pictures and 

 nesting-boxes, and compete in many ways 

 for small prizes. Where the distance re- 

 quires the use of the electric cars, a special 

 car is hired. The children average from 

 fifty to seventy-five in number on these 

 little excursions. 



One of the most encouraging features 

 of the work is the interest and enthusiasm 

 of the Junior department. The meetings 

 of the Club are held once a month in the 

 club-room at the Library, and consist of 

 a short business meeting, preceding an 

 informal talk or lecture on some phase of 

 bird-study. Mr. Edward Howe Forbush, 

 Mr. Winthrop Packard, and Mr. Ernest 

 Harold Baynes are among those who have 

 addressed the organization during this 

 last year. 



The activity of the club was marked 

 with such success from the start that the 

 directors decided to undertake an educa- 

 tional movement on a larger scale. Acting 

 in cooperation with the Forestry Depart- 

 ment of the town upon an idea originating 

 with the Milton (Mass.) Bird Club, an 

 exhibition was planned of everything 

 pertaining to the study, conservation, and 

 attracting of wild birds. This exhibition 

 was held in the Public Library. 



Through the large room ran an arbor- 

 way, constructed of the limbs of trees with 

 the bark on. To the arbor were attached 

 all kinds of nesting-, feeding-, and shelter- 

 boxes, and wire racks for holding grain 

 and suet. On long tables on the right of 

 the room were baths of varied construction 

 and size, and large feeding-boxes. Hang- 

 ing on the wall were samples of the bird- 

 work done by the children in the schools. 

 On the left of the arborway were stuffed 

 specimens of native birds. Some were 

 borrowed from the Fish and Game Com- 



mission, and others were loaned from 

 private collections of the president, Mr. 

 Edward W. Baker. A number of his 

 specimens were mounted on the nesting- 

 boxes and limbs of the trees through the 

 arbor, which was particularly pleasing 

 and well represented real bird-life. An- 

 other table held a complete exhibit of 

 seeds and berries that our local winter 

 birds feed upon. These were placed in 

 glass jars, giving the name of each, where 

 they could be purchased, and the price. 

 At the rear was a display of the Forestry 

 Department, showing the work of de- 

 structive insects, particularly the leopard 

 moth and elm-tree beetle, and illustrating 

 most vividly the necessity of attracting 

 the birds to destroy them. Cases were 

 set up containing specimens of the birds 

 that eat the gypsy and brown-tail moths; 

 others showed the moths in various 

 stages of growth. Pictures of all kinds 

 including a number of originals of Louis 

 Agassiz Fuertes, books, pamphlets, eggs, 

 nests, photographs, charts, and in fact 

 everything bearing on the subject could 

 be found in the room. The exhibition was 

 open for one month from 2 to 9 o'clock 

 r. M., and 3,800 visitors signed the regis- 

 tration book; many others, particularly 

 children, attended. In the morning, the 

 room was open to classes of school children 

 with their teachers. 



At the close, the exhibition was loaned 

 to the Lynn and Nahant Bird Clubs, and 

 when it is returned will be made into a 

 permanent exhibit. Each day, a member 

 of the Forestry Department and two mem- 

 bers of the Bird Club were in attendance, 

 to answer questions and explain. By a 

 recent act of the state legislature, each 

 town or city is entitled to a bird warden. 

 At the last annual town meeting, Superin- 

 tendent Lacey, of the Forestry Depart- 

 ment, was appointed warden for the town 

 of Brookline. The Bird Club has its own 

 bird warden. We look forward to a more 

 successful and busier year. Walks, lec- 

 tures, and another exhibit are all planned 

 already, and we intend to keep Brookline 

 foremost in the list of those towns and 

 cities that are working for the interest of 



