financial resources, only one good book a year be pre- 

 sented to the public library, in time a good collection of 

 books would be accessible to all the townspeople. 



4. The Club considered the possibilities of starting a 

 Bird Sanctuary, but it seemed more feasible to further 

 the use of an already established park area in the town. 

 The trustees of Cunningham Park have cordially met 

 the suggestion of the Club and already have planted 

 shrubs attractive to birds around a small pond area.* 

 Their plans include the placing of feeding stations, bird 

 baths, and nesting boxes. The pupils of the manual 

 training classes of the High School have built a large 

 feeding station, which the Superintendent of Schools will 

 present to the trustees in behalf of the children. At the 

 same time the Brush Hill Bird Club will present a martin 

 house and suitable pole. Dedicatory exercises will take 

 place early in the fall. This co-operation of the school 

 children is an important point and it is hoped will have 

 far-reaching effects. 



5. Under the auspices of the Club on January 27, 1914, 

 Mr. Edward Howe Forbush, State Ornithologist of Mass- 

 achusetts, gave an illustrated public lecture in one of the 

 large public school assembly halls on "Bird Nesting 

 Boxes and Methods of Attracting Birds." The school 

 children, their parents, and teachers were invited. Four 

 hundred and fifty persons (the capacity of the hall) were 

 present. The request has come to have a series of such 

 talks next winter that all the school children may have 

 an opportunity to attend. 



6. In order to help the cause articles telling of bird con- 

 servation or the Club's activities were sent to the local 

 newspaper from time to time. 



7. Lastly, the Club voted to hold an exhibition to 

 arouse intelligent interest in bird conservation. This 



•Planting plans and list of shrubs from Mr. Frederic H. Kennard of 

 Boston. 



