l6 ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIEXCE. 



regularly. In the newly opened road through the Budlong woods 

 at Bowmanville, the chairman of this committee has encountered, 

 on a Sunday afternoon, as many as a dozen boys and men with 

 shotguns, sling-shots and air-guns, killing song birds. One such 

 party was interviewed and a hunting license was produced. 

 These men seemed surprised to know that this license did not 

 permit them to shoot song birds as well as game birds. Some 

 hunting of this sort has also been observed near Glencoe, High- 

 land Park and other places along the north shore. 



It is quite evident that without an adequate deputy warden 

 force, it is practically impossible to prevent the killing of our 

 song birds by these people. It also seems useless to ask for 

 further legislation. The committee can only recommend the sug- 

 gestions made by it at the Chicago meeting, and as it can be of 

 no further use, asks that it be discharged. 



Frank C. Baker, Chairman. 



J. E. Hess. 



On motion, duly seconded, the report was approved and the 

 committee discharged. 



A memorial to Professor Fred L. Charles,- prepared by Pro- 

 fessor E. L. Downing, was read by the Secretary. 



The President appointed the following Nominating Committee : 



U. S. Grant. 



Frank Smith. 



T. L. Hankinson, 



DRAFT OF A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION OF A 

 series of STATE ACADEMY LEAFLETS ON HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE. 



Your Committee on Publications for High School Science, pur- 

 suant to its instructions, offers the following report : 



In view of the demand that high school students, in connection 

 with their course in science, have opportunity to acquire informa- 

 tion of local character upon topics which come within the general 

 scope of these courses, your committee is of the opinion that a 

 series of publications, designed for selection as supplementary 

 reading in connection with these courses, and published under the 

 control of the Academy, would be of educational service, and 

 would be within the scope of the Academy's proper activities. 



The following is offered as a list of suggested topics : 

 (i) The mineral resources of Illinois. 

 (2) The soil of Illinois. 



