S~^3rffaE MERIDEN BIRD CLUB 



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"THE BIRD VILLAGE" 



PRESIDENT 



ERNEST L. HUSE, M. D. 



MERIDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 TREASURER 



CHARLES ALDEN TRACY 



MERIDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE 



SECRETARY 



MISS ELIZABETH A. TRACY 



MERIDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 GENERAL MANAGER 



ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES 



MERIDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE 



April 29, 1924. 



Mr. Walter Deane 

 29 Brewster Street 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Dear Mr. Deane: 



As contributing editor to "Nature Magazine", I 

 have founded a new order, viz., "The Order of Pan," mem- 

 bership in whioh is obtained by establishing unusually friend- 

 ly relationships with birds. There are no dues, but each ap- 

 plicant is required to submit a photograph of himself or her- 

 self, together with the bird with which he has established 

 such friendly relationship. These photographs are published 

 from time to time in "Nature Magazine." 



Not long ago I saw at the home of our mutual friend, 

 Dr. Thorndike, a photograph of you entertaining a humming 

 bird, and I am writing to ask if you would be willing to join 

 "The Order of Pan" and send me a good print of that photograph, 

 which I might use with a number of others in a future issue of 

 "Nature." 



With best regards, I am, 



Yours very truly, 



EHB:BH 



