THE  ASSOCIATED  COMMITTEES 
FOR 
WILD  LIFE  CONSERVATION 
ROOM  516,  50  CONGRESS  STREET 
REPRESENTING 
The 
MASSACHUSETTS  AUDUBON  SOCIETY 
The 
MASSACHUSETTS  FISH  AND  GAME 
PROTECTIVE  ASSOCIATION 
And 
THE  FEDERATION  OF  THE  BIRD  CLUBS 
OF  NEW  ENGLAND,  Inc. 
COMMITTEE  PERSONNEL 
Francis  H.  Allen 
Charles  B.  Floyd 
Mrs.  Robert  B.  Greenough 
Ralph  Lawson 
Robert  Walcott 
George  C.  Warren 
Mrs.  Sidney  M.  Williams, 
For  Mass.  Audubon  Society 
Frank  W.  Hallowell 
Robert  A.  Leeson 
John  C.  Phillips 
John  L.  Saltonstall 
John  E.  Thayer, 
For  Mass.  Fish  &  Qame 
P.  Ass’n 
Gorham  Brooks 
Laurence  B.  Fletcher 
Edward  H.  Forbush 
Harris  A.  Reynolds 
Charles  L.  Whittle. 
For  The  Federation  of  Bird 
Clubs  of  N.  E.  Inc. 
Boston.  Mass.  February  7,  1927  . 
Mr.  Walter  Deane 
29  Brewster  Street 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
Dear  Mr.  Deane; 
At  my  request  Mrs.  F.  Elliot  Cabot,  the  owner 
of  Brush  island  off  Cohasset,  has  granted  the  members  of 
the  TTuttall  Ornithological  Club  and  their  friends  the  ex¬ 
clusive  right  to  use  this  island  and  the  buildings  for  the 
study  of  birds  during  1927. 
This  island  lies  off  Cohasset,  between  the 
mainland  and  Minot’s  Ledge  Light,  and  offers  an  unusual  op¬ 
portunity  for  observing  water-fowl  in  migration.  The 
house,  although  not  furnished,  can  be  used  as  a  camp,  end 
during  the  autumn  shooting  last  year  it  was  occupied  by  sev¬ 
eral  men  for  days  at  a  time. 
The  island  can  be  reached  by  a  row-boat,  the 
oars  of  which  can  be  obtained  upon  application  at  a  nearby 
house  . 
I  hope  that  you  will  avail  yourself  of  the  op¬ 
portunity  of  using  this  camp  on  Brush  Island  during  the  year 
to  study  and  observe  the  birds. 
Mr.  Brewster  once  said  to  me  that  he  thought 
’’more  water-fowl  pass  by  Minot's  Ledge  Light  (which  is  near 
Brush  island)  than  any  other  point  on  our  coast”. 
Sincerely  yours, 
LBF/c 
