ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 4:: 



News From the Field 



ALTON: The Alton Bird Club, one of the three Largest organiza- 

 tions of this kind in the state, affiliated with the Illinois Audubon Society, 

 has been responsible recently for an active campaign for bird interesl 

 in the public schools of Alton. 



A lecturer was engaged for a week to arouse interest in the subject 

 and talks were given in every school. As a result many Junior Audubon 

 Clubs have been formed, and a large number of members enrolled. 

 Memberships in the Illinois Audubon Society were presented to sixteen 

 principals of the local schools by the Bird Club. 



This was an unusual piece of constructive work, generously and wisely 

 done, which ought to spread information and promote interest in a rapid 

 and systematic manner. The directors of the Alton Bird Club are evi- 

 dently a progressive and wide awake group of people. Miss Eunice C. 

 Smith is one of the most devoted supporters of the movement. 



CHARLESTON: The forty boys that belong to Troop I, of the 

 Charleston boy scouts under scoutmaster, Clarence Huffman, in their 

 frequent hikes, have learned to know many of the birds. Last June they 

 took a one hundred and forty mile trip in boats down the Embarrass River 

 (pronounced am-braw, gentle reader) to the mouth and then up the 

 Wabash to Vincennes, and on the way they learned much about the 

 life of birds along the river. Their scoutmaster expects to have an ex- 

 hibition of bird-houses next spring. • 



A bulletin issued some years ago by the Eastern Illinois Normal School 

 at Charleston entitled "Bird Study in the Rural School," by Professor 

 T. L. Hankinson, has gone through two editions and the demand for it 

 continuing, a third edition has been authorized. Professor Hankinson has 

 taken this opportunity to revise and enlarge the bulletin for the new issue 

 which is now going through the press. Anyone desiring a copy of the 

 bulletin should address the Eastern Illinois Normal School. 



CHICAGO : An organization calling itself "The Chicago Bird Con- 

 servation League," with its activities centering about Rogers Park, numbers 

 among its members some unusually enthusiastic workers and is doing effi- 

 cient work. One of the Directors of the Illinois Audubon Society was on 

 the program at one of its recent meetings in the auditorium of the Arm- 

 strong School. 



The Wilson Ornithological Club held its annual meeting at the Morri- 

 son Hotel. Chicago, on December 2 7 and 28, 1916. Among the Illinois 

 members present were Prof. Frank Smith of Urbana, Prof. T. L. Hankin- 

 son of Charleston, Mr. Ruthven Deane of Chicago and Prof. R. E. 

 Wager of De Kalb. T. C. Stephens of Sioux City, Iowa, is president 

 of the Club. The official organ is the Wilson Bulletin, published quarterly. 

 Prof. Lynds Jones of Oberlin. Ohio, editor. 



