MEMORANDA. 



Date. 1 



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Started Monthly Compilation 



He founcj odd and fascinatlngr way.s 

 to. awakpn public intprpst in his subject, 

 lie <;pourpd import.Tnt protpctive lejrisla- 

 tion nnrl assm-intfd himself with groups 

 eager lor eonsprvntion of naUiral re- 

 source.=i. He started a monthly compila- 

 tion of important notes concerninK bird 











migration which .was sent to nearly a 

 thou.sand persons every four weeks. 



When the gypsy moth .situation began 

 to drvplop in Mas'sachusptls In ISttl. Mr. 

 Fnrbii.'<h wa.s callpd into tlip sprvicp of 

 the St.ntP. Tie was appointed by Gov- 

 ernor Ku.ssrll director of gypsy moth 

 supprp.s.=ion and performed some valuablp 

 research work and was gaining control 

 of the moth when the I^cgislature failed 

 • to support the work and he resigned. 

 But he was later appointed State ornithol- 

 ogist by the Department of Agriculture, 

 and his work since then has been con- 

 fined to the study of bird lite and the 

 liublishing of State books on the subject. 



Held Many Offices 



Ills many achievements brought to 

 Itim many offices, the most prominent of 

 which were: founder and for twelve years 

 pr^.sident of the Massachusetts Audubon 

 Society, president of tlie Ne<\^ England 

 (now Nortiieastern) Bird Banding Asso- 











ciation, president of the Federation of 

 Bird Clubs of New England, founder and 

 first president of the Brewster Ornitho- 

 logical Club, fellow and member of the 

 Council of the American Ornithologists 

 Union, and director and field agent for 

 New England of the National Association 

 of Audubon Societir-p. Hp liad served on 

 the advisory board of tlic Federal Mi- 

 gratory Bird Treaty witli Great Britain 







ever since is organization. 



The t-aneral will be held In the First 

 Congrtjgational Church, Westboro, Sun- 

 day afternoon at two o'clock. 



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