ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 



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DECATUR: News From the Field 



Mr. \V. B. ( )lds, a member of the staff of the James Milliken Uni- 

 versity of Decatur, Illinois, has issued through the press of (i. Schirmer 

 of New York a very attractive collection entitled, "Twenty-Five Bird 

 Songs for Children." Both the words and the music are furnished by 

 Mr. Olds. Mr. Olds has obtained his material in the field where he 

 has studied the habits and characteristics of the birds and noted their 

 melodies and calls. The result is a very pleasing collection of melodies 

 where the musical themes have received a great variety of treatment. 



Mr. Olds uses much of this material in lecture recitals which have 

 been received with appreciation at various places in the state. 



EDWARDSVILLE: 



From Edwardsville comes the report of an unusually successful 

 spring ''drive" to widen the circle of bird friends in that city. The 

 Illinois Audubon Society's lecture was given on the night of March 30, 

 the Rev. James R. Sager having charge of the program. At that time 

 Mr. Alton L. Logan announced the terms of a bird house contest and 

 gave all those present who were interested preliminary instructions 

 as to dimensions of bird houses, etc. Then followed a month of great 

 activities among certain of the youths of Edwardsville. Mr. George 

 L. Mooreman shared the responsibility of the undertaking with Mr. 

 Logan. The contest came off April 6th, at which time prizes consisting 

 of thrift stamps were given to the eight prize winners. All the houses 

 together with a series of bird pictures donated by Mr. Charles Fangen- 

 worth, Sr., were attractivelv displayed in the large show windows of 

 the E. A. Keller 

 Company's Store. 

 More than a thou- 

 sand people visited 

 the collection. The 

 Secretary of the 

 Illinois Audubon 

 Society has re- 

 ceived very enthus- 

 iastic reports of 

 the success of this 

 undertaking. 



MAYWOOD : Photo by Alton L. Logan 



The Maywood Bird Club has been doing important constructive 

 work relating to the cat nuisance. The Secretary, Mr. Roy Langdon, 

 has collected a great deal of material on the subject and with the 

 encouragement and co-operation of the Illinois Audubon Society has 

 prepared a very convincing circular of information which the Club 

 and the Illinois Audubon Society jointly are giving wide circulation. 

 A copy or" this circular is enclosed in this number of the Bulletin. 

 Additional copies will be sent in reply to requests accompanied by the 

 necessary postage. The Illinois Audubon Society takes great pleasure 

 in giving publicity to the work of the Maywood Bird Club and in 

 sharing in the support of this important campaign. 



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