ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 33 



An Exhibition of Nature Studies 



The Fourth Annual Exhibition of Nature Studies is to be 

 held at the Chicago Art Institute from December 17, 1921, to 

 January 18, 1922. The Chicago Chapter of the Wild Flower 

 Preservation Society of America originated these exhibitions 

 which have aroused public interest far beyond the anticipations 

 of the promoters. The success of the exhibitions so impressed 

 the officials at the Art Institute that last year their staff of 

 decorators was given charge of placing exhibits for the Wild 

 Flower Preservation Society and the arrangement of the ex- 

 hibits and the setting given them were artistic to a degree. 



Too much can not be said in praise of the skill and energy 

 with which the officials of the Wild Flower Preservation Society 

 and their immediate associates have organized these exhibitions 

 and promoted the campaigns of publicity in connection there- 

 with. This year the Society has generously invited the Illinois 

 Audubon Society and the State Microscopical Society of Illinois 

 to share in this undertaking. The scope of the exhibits has been 

 widened to include the fungus in every form from mildew to 

 mushroom ; grasses, sedges and mosses ; weeds — our trouble- 

 some immigrants ; shells of sea and land snails ; fish — native 

 and tropical ; bird studies from life ; rocks and fossils ; and mi- 

 croscopes and what they show us. During the period of the ex- 

 hibition there will be an informal discussion and study of ex- 

 hibits each afternoon at four o'clock. Illustrated lectures will 

 be given in the Club Room of the Art Institute at four o'clock 

 each Monday and Thursday afternoon. Each Saturday after- 

 noon at 2:30 o'clock, in Fullerton Hall, nature subjects will be 

 presented through motion films or by speakers of note. The 

 opening lecture of the exhibition is furnished by the Illinois 

 Audubon Society whose representative, Dr. Thomas Roberts, 

 of the University of Minnesota, will talk on "Wild Life Studies 

 in Motion Pictures." The exhibition and all the lectures are 

 open to the public free of charge. 



The officers of the Wild Flower Preservation Society are as 

 follows: Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson, President; Mrs. Frederick 

 W. Blocki, Vice-President; Miss C. B. Neeley, Treasurer; Mrs. 

 Noble B. Judah, Secretary; Mrs. Charles S. Eaton, Correspond- 

 ing Secretary; Mrs. George A. Butler and Mrs. Alta S. Hen- 

 dricks, Field Marshals. 



More About Bird Banding 



In the Spring 1921 Bulletin Mr. Wm. I. Lyon published for 

 the first time a report of the very interesting work he is doing 

 at Waukegan in banding birds and tabulating material for mi- 

 gration records. In this issue he contributes some entertaining 

 details of life histories from his rapidly growing collection. 



