THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



FALL 1922 



Published by the 



• ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 



(For the protection of wild birds) 



ihe President of trie Illinois Audubon Society writes: 



This number of the Bulletin gives publicity to one of the out- 

 standing events of our year, the issue from the press of our long- 

 delayed Check List of the Birds of Illinois. The immediate favor 

 with which it was received, the approval of our enterprise by 

 the President of the National Association of Audubon Societies, 

 and items of interest relating to the preparation and publication 

 of the Check List are told in the following pages. This number 

 also records another event of special significance to the Illinois 

 Audubon Society during the past year which was the A. 0. U. 

 meeting in Chicago at which time our Society assisted the auth- 

 orities of the Field Museum and the Chicago Ornithological Club 

 in the entertainment of the distinguished visitors. The notable 

 collection of photographs, drawings and paintings of bird life 

 brought together for this occasion and left on exhibition for 

 some weeks after the close of the meeting has been significant in 

 inspiring interest in no small portion of the area which the 

 Illinois Audubon Society serves. 



As is its wont, the Bulletin offers a variety of fresh and 

 original material. One of the earliest of Illinois ornithologists 

 is appropriately memoralized. One of our members permits the 

 advance publication of a portion of a chapter of his forthcoming 

 book on Mississippi Valley Birds at Home. The Morton 

 Arboretum which is steadily taking shape is given space. This 

 will be a notable refuge for bird life in the future. Among other 

 good things in this number the valuable collection of notes from 

 the field which follows the Editorial Page must not be left un- 

 mentioned. It is from such collections as these that students of 

 bird life in Illinois will find rich material. The next step in field 

 ornithology now that we have our scholarly and all-embracing 

 Check List of the Birds of Illinois, is a check list of each county 

 or groups of counties making a unit of bird fauna. To these lists 

 the field notes of past issues of the Bulletin as well as those of the 

 current issue will be valuable contributions. 



To the Editor in his appropriate space is left the important 

 task of reminding us of the forth-coming session of the Legis- 

 lature and of what we may all have a chance to do in the way 

 of enhancing the living conditions of our co-workers and faithful 

 allies, the birds. 



Orpheus Moyer Schantz 



