40 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



the important studies of bird migration begun by the late Professor Wells 

 W. Cooke are to be continued by Dr. Harry C. Oberholser of the U. S. 

 Biological Survey. The annual report of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies which follows includes very interesting reports by the 

 Secretary and by the various field agents and the secretaries of state 

 societies, etc. Mrs. Frederic H. Pattee furnishes a report of the past year's 

 activities of the Illinois Audubon Society and this is accompanied by the 

 portrait of President Schantz. The price of Bird-Lore has been raised to 

 $1.50 a year. Even this increased price is a small sum to pay for so valu- 

 able a magazine. It is greatly worth while for all interested in Audubon 

 able a magazine. It is greatly worth while for all interested in audubon 

 work in Illinois to read Bird-Lore regularly and to aid in securing a large 

 subscription list for it in the state. 



NATURE STUDY REVIEW 



The Nature Study Review, the official organ of the American Nature 

 Study Society commends itself to all lovers of out-of-doors. The October 

 number was a Butterfly Number gotten up especially for those who had 

 wished to know the names and something about the feeding habits of some 

 of the commoner butterflies. The November number was a Brook number, 

 with studies of actual brooks, their life histories, plant and animal life, etc. 

 The illustration of the Brook used in this number of the Bulletin is from 

 the November number of the Nature Study Review. The Winter Bird 

 Number is the title of the December number and it is given over to de- 

 tailed experiences with feeding birds in winter. Of particular importance 

 is an article entitled "What Birds Feed on in Winter" by Harriet Rey- 

 nolds. The price of the Nature Study Review is $1.00 a year for nine 

 issues. Mrs. Anna B. Comstock is editor and it is published by the Corn- 

 stock Publishing Company, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The Fall Migration 



Beginning with 1914, the writer has been keeping a yearly record of 

 the spring and fall migrations, also a record of the breeding birds in this 

 part of Rock Island County, for the U. S. Biological Survey. The terri- 

 tory on which the following records of the fall migration were made, is 

 situated from three to five miles southeast of Port Byron, and consists of 

 a strip of bluff land about one-half mile wide by two and a half miles 

 long, the south part extending to the edge of Rock River Bottom. The 

 surface of the land is partly level and rolling, some sloughs, and a good 

 many hills and hollows. There is yet much timber and brush land on 

 this area. The trees are mostly red, white, black, and burr oak, a good 

 many elm, and some hickory, poplar, wild cherry and willows. On week- 

 days my observations are made while at work on a farm of 103 acres. On 

 Sunday nearly the entire day is spent observing on our own farm, and also 

 in the timber and brush land of twelve other farms. My records for the 

 first two years are not as good as for the last two, because I was at that 

 time not yet acquainted with some of the birds. 



