42 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [12:1— Jan., 1916 



Jan. 8 — Field trip, Sinnissippi Park. Winter birds. 



Jan. 17. Game birds and birds of prey. Al. Madsen. 



Feb. 5 — Field trip to Black Hawk Park: Camp fire reminiscen- 

 ces. 



Feb. 21 — Symposium of bird committee. 



Mar. 4 — Field trip to Spring Creek. Pond life and general 

 interests. 



Mar. 20 — Prograrh by Geology Committee. 



Apr. 1 — Field trip to West Side Cemetery: Bird migrations. 



Apr. 17 — Program by wild flower committee. 



May 13. Field trip to Crow's nest: Warbler migrations. 



May 1 5 — Annual meeting at home of Mr. and Mrs. Worthington. 



June 3 — Trip to the Pines near Oregon, 111. 



We are publishing annual with .constitution and by-laws, 

 officers, and articles published weekly in local Sunday paper on 

 various topics. We are still publishing weekly seasonable topics, 

 proceeds of these go into general fund. 



Compiled preliminary list of wild flowers of this region. 



Under preparation: Shrubs of Rockford and vicinity. 



Under preparation: Birds of Rockford and vicinity. 



The Park Board has granted the Nature-Study Society use of 

 two rooms at Mandeville park for museum purposes free of charge. 

 The museum will be open to the public twice a week. The first 

 collection, mostly geological, of several hundred specimens was 

 donated by Peter Paulson of this city. Several more collections 

 are to be donated shortly. Membership dues have been raised 

 to one dollar per annum. 



Officers: Paul B. Riis, president; Gertrude Thomas, secretary; 

 Directors: Mrs. C. Albin Nelson, chairman; Mrs. A. S. T. Ogilby, 

 Mr. C. C. Stowell, Miss Eunice Beatson, Miss Sara Long, Miss 

 Jenny Waldo; Committees: House committee, refreshment 

 committee, membership committee, bird committee, wild flower 

 committee, tree committee, shrub committee, geology committee, 

 Entomology committee. 



The present officers of the St. Louis section of the American 

 Nature Study Society are: President, Mr. B. G. Shackelford; 

 secretary-treasurer, Carolyn Lefferty; executive committee, Miss 

 L. R. Ernst, Mr. W. J. Stevens; members national council, Mr. 

 H. C. Drayer, Mr. J. A. Drushel. 



