Vermont Botanical and Bird Clup 9 



expenditures. 



Vermont Botanical club, bal. 1913 exp. of notices, etc $ 5.00 



Printing, 1913 8.00 



C. D. Howe, Sec, expenses, 1913 5.83 



H. F. Perkins, expenses, 1913 1.00 



Bulletin for 1914, printing 63.62 



Bulletin for 1914, express and postage 7.14 



New Eng. Federation, dues for two years 6.00 



Life membership deposited in bank 10.00 



Treasurer's expenses, postage 8.52 



Total $115.11 



Balance on hand 38.01 



$153.12 



LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND. 



Deposited in Chittenden Trust Co. dues from 3 life members. .. .$30.00 

 Interest accrued since first deposit was made 2.21 



Total on hand $32.21 



J. G. Underwood, Treasurer. 



SEVEN-YEAR BIRD CENSUS OF A 92-ACRE FARM 

 KNOWN AS "THE HIGHLANDS," WOODSTOCK, 



VERMONT. 



Mrs. Evaline Darling Morgan. 



The farm at Woodstock, known as "The Highlands," now under 

 observation for the past six years for birds that breed upon it contains 

 92 acres, of which 20 acres, approximately, is in woodland. There are 

 five separate lots or fields known respectively as main pasture, main 

 field, back lot, 10-acre lot, and house lot. The town line between 

 Woodstock and Hartland runs through the farm diagonally, the build- 

 ings and a little more than half the land being in Woodstock. 



The farm is fenced largely by the old-fashioned stone walls which 

 encourage the growth of much shrubbery, including apple, maple, 

 cherry, ash, butternut, and oak trees, as well as berry bushes, wild 

 flowers and ferns. The lane leading from the house to the main road 



