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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



SPRING 1923 



Published by 

 ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 



For the Conservation of Bird-Life 



COMMITTEE 



ON PUBLICATION 



JESSE LOWE SMITH, Chairman 

 Highland Park 



RUTHVEN DEANE 



112 W. Adams St., Chicago 



MARY DRUMMOND 



Lake Forest 



BERTHA T. PATTEE 



Evanston 



CATHARINE A. MITCHELL 



Riverside 



ORPHEUS M. SCHANTZ 



10 So. La Salle St., Chicago 



FREDERICK H. PATTEE 



626 So. Clark St., Chicago 



LOCAL SECRETARIES 



BELVIDERE 



Miss Muriel Lampert, 410 E. Lincoln 



Avenue 

 CARBONDALE 



Miss Mary M. Stsagall, 808 /Illinois 



Avenue 

 CARLYLE 



H. C. Norcross 

 CARTHAGE 



Alice L. Kibbe 

 CHAMPAIGN 



W. Elmer Ekblaw, 601 N. Willis Avenue 

 DECATUR 



Mrs. Benjamin Bachrach, 1437 W. Main 



Street 

 DE KALB 



Jessie R. Mann, 336 Augusta Avenue 

 ELGIN 



Miss Lillian Smith, Douglas Avenue 

 EVANSTON 



Miss Louise Whitehead, 1745 Orrington 



Avenue 

 GOLCONDA 



Mrs. Lillian B. Phelps 

 HARRISBURG 



Clarence Bonnell 

 KEWANEE 



Dr. Hattie Melaik, Quinn Block 

 LAKE FOREST 



Rev. George Roberts 

 MACKINAW 



Miss Mae Blair 

 MAYWOOD 



Secretary of the Maywood Bird Club 

 NORMAL 



Miss Mary Jean Patterson, 111., S. N. U. 

 ODIN 



C. B. Vandercook 

 OLNEY 



Mrs. Robert Ridgway, 1030 So. Morgan 



Street 

 PHILO 



Isaac E. Hess 

 PORT BYRON 



J. J. Schafer 



QUINCY 



T. E. Musselmann, Gem City Business 



College 

 RIVER FOREST 



Miss Esther A. Craigmile 

 ROCKFORD 



Paul B. Riis, 301 Shaw Street 

 ROCK ISLAND 



Miss Nellie E. Peetz, 528 18th Street 

 SALEM 



Mrs. Sig Kaufman, 524 N. Broadway 

 SHELBYVILLE 



Mrs. Howard J. Hamlin 

 SULLIVAN 



Mrs. O. L. Todd, 606 So. Washington 

 Street 

 WATERLOO 



Armin Hartman 

 WAUKEGAN 



Mrs. Elam H. Clarke, 740 N. Sheridan 



Road 



Editorial 



The tardy appearance of this 

 number of the Bulletin finds the 

 tide of migration spent and the 

 nesting- affairs absorbing the time 

 and interest of most of the 

 feathered residents of Illinois. This 

 is the time when painstaking ob- 

 server can do his bit to add to the 

 sum total of useful knowledge of 

 his bird neighbors. It is the time 

 to suppress the cat and to promote 

 infant mortality among the house 

 sparrow. It is a good time to under- 

 take special problems for investi- 

 gation. In a given area, what per- 

 centage of the nestlings of each 

 species matures to successful flight? 

 What per cent of the Blue Jays 

 are law abiding? Is this species 

 decreasing in the area? What 

 species of birds in the area are 

 imposed upon by the cowbird's 

 depredations? There is always a 

 place in the Bulletin for reports 

 of such inquiries. 



The legislature lingers in session 

 as the Bulletin goes into the mails. 

 What is to happen to the Wild 

 Flower Preservation Society's bill 

 to protect certain flowers? What 

 about the Forestry Bill which looks 

 to a future with waste lands once 

 more covered with magnificent 

 forests? What of the State Parks 

 Bill so patiently promoted by un- 

 selfish lovers of the native beauty 

 of our state? Let us question our 

 friends in the legislature and move 

 them to friendly action. 



