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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



BIRDS AND THE MOVIES 



In a recent issue of "Bird-Lore," the 

 Secretary of The National Audubon So- 

 ciety advises people to have the managers 

 of local moving picture shows secure the 

 film entitled, "The Spirit of Audubon." 

 This is a two reel film. It is, in part, a 

 story of how a destructive boy was shown 

 in a dream the beauty of bird life, and 

 how he reformed. It works in a number 

 of spectacular pictures taken by Mr. Her- 

 bert K. Job who has done some of ' the 

 most remarkable photography of wild 

 birds of the present day. The film shows 

 great concourses of birds in the rookeries 

 of Florida and Louisiana, Colonel Roose- 

 velt appearing in some of the Louisiana 

 scenes. This film can be secured from 

 the Mutual Film Corporation in New 

 York. 



Our readers may be interested to know 

 that Mr. Job is about to get out another 

 film in one full reel or two short ones, 

 entitled "Where Wild Fowl Winter." This 

 one shows great concourses of wild ducks 

 and geese on the Louisiana refuges. 

 United States Senator George P. McLean 

 was in the party with Mr. Job on the 

 trip in which the pictures were secured 

 and he appears in the film. The Educa- 

 tional Film Corporation of New York 

 City will issue this film. In this connec- 

 tion an even more interesting piece of 

 news is that Mr. Job expects to work up . 

 other films soon, on our common birds. 



All members of The Audubon Society 

 should make sure that the communities 

 in which they live have the benefit of 

 these very interesting films. 



THE TRAVELS OF THE 

 LANTERN SLIDES 

 The sets of colored lantern slides 

 owned by The Illinois Audubon Society 

 and which are loaned to any school or 

 other organization in this state free of 

 charge have travelled about in various 

 directions of late. Since January 1 and 

 up to April 15, the slides have been to 

 the schools in Batavia, Highland Park, 

 Mir.onk, Elkville, Atkinson, Danville, 



Evanston, Hinsdale, Gilman, Joliet, 

 Rossville, Roseville, Deerfield, Richmond, 

 Galesburg, and Peoria. They have also 

 been used by various lecturers, some of 

 the organizations addressed being the 

 Bird Club at Freeport, the Evanston 

 Woman's Club, the Illinois Farmers' In- 

 stitute at Decatur, the Englewood Wom- 

 an's Club, Boy Scouts of St. James 

 Church (Chicago), the Chicago Heights 

 Woman's Club, Juvenile Court Detention 

 Home of Chicago, the Boys'. Club of Lin- 

 coln Center, Chicago; the Bernard, Van- 

 derpoel, Gary and other public schools in 

 Chicago, etc. 



BIRD SONG RECORDS 

 Persons interested in reproduction of 

 bird songs for use on the phonograph 

 may be interested in the result of an in- 

 vestigation of such records by a commit- 

 tee of directors of The Illinois Audubon 

 Society. This committee recommends two 

 \ ictor records reproducing bird songs, 

 the one, No. 55049, by Charles Kellogg, 

 and the other, No. 17735, by Charles 

 Gorst. These records are, on the whole, 

 excellent and give a good idea of the 

 songs of twenty or more common native 

 birds. Among actual songs of birds taken 

 in the aviary of Carl Wright of Bremen, 

 the Victor record No. 64161, reproducing 

 the actual song of a nightingale, is con- 

 sidered the best. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 

 BULLETIN 

 The Publication Committee invites bird 

 lovers to contribute accounts of their in- 

 teresting experiences and observations, 

 fo: publication in future issues of the 

 Audubon Bulletin. Good photographs of 

 birds, nests, nesting boxes, baths, feed- 

 ing shelves, etc., are especially desired. 

 Local bird clubs are requested to send re- 

 ports of their activities, and any item of 

 news having a bearing upon the bird 

 question will be welcomed, from any 

 source. Material for the fall number 

 should be received by Sept. 15. Address 

 Jesse L. Smith, Highland Park, 111. 



