ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 29 



Recent Activities of the Illinois Audubon Society 



Since the publication of the Winter 1916-17 Bulletin, the Society has 

 conducted a series of three lectures at Central Music Hall in Chicago 

 which have given a decided impetus to Audubon work in the Chicago area. 

 William L. Finley of Portland, Oregon, gave the first lecture of the series 

 on March 11, his subject being, "Nature's Children in Moving Pictures." 

 This lecture greatly impressed an audience which practically filled the 

 hall, and it was at once evident that in bringing lecturers with so valuable 

 a message to Chicago, the Illinois Audubon Society was performing an 

 important public service. The second lecture was by Ernest Harold Baynes 

 of Meriden, N. H., on March 24. It was entitled, "Wild Birds and How 

 to Attract Them." This widely known naturalist and author is a very 

 gifted speaker and wherever he goes, he arouses a far reaching interest in 

 bird life and its protection which expresses itself in bird clubs and other 

 forms of practical activity. Norman McClintock of Pittsburg gave the 

 third lecture on April 14 entitled, "American Birds in Moving Pictures." 

 It was a wonderful display of pictures and it is no reflection upon other 

 lecturers to state that no one has brought within the moving picture field 

 so much of the intimate life of the common as well as the more unusual 

 birds as has Mr. McClintock. This is his second appearance in Chicago 

 under the auspices of the Audubon Society, and it is hoped that his 

 appearance and that of Mr. Baynes and Mr. Finley shall be annual events. 

 It is also the hope of the Directors that a circuit can be planned for 

 these lecturers so that their inspiring message can be delivered throughout 

 the state. 



The Audubon Society has just printed notices of post card size warning- 

 possible violators of the bird law of Illinois and the United States. A 

 fascimile of the addressed side of the card appears below. On the reverse 

 side appears the following statements. 



Non-Game Birds. 



The laws of Illinois forbid killing, catching, or having in one's posses- 

 sion, living or dead, practically all the non-game birds of the State. The 

 birds thus protected by law include robins, bluebirds, meadowlarks, bobo- 

 links, sparrows and finches, swallows, wrens, owls, thrushes, nearly all the 

 haw T ks and a long list of other birds. Any person who shall kill or catch or 

 have in his possession, living or dead, any such wild birds, or part of a 

 bird, shall for each offense be subject to a fine of $5.00 and cost for 

 each bird killed or caught or shall be imprisoned not to exceed ten 

 days. 



Game Birds. 



The laws of the United States also protect the wild birds named 

 above, and permit the killing of game birds, such as geese, ducks, brants, 

 coot, snipe, plover, etc., only between September 15 and December 31, 

 inclusive of each year. THIS MAKES ALL SPRING SHOOTING 

 ILLEGAL. Anyone violating the United States Law may be fined not 

 more than $100 or imprisoned not more than ninety days. 



