THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



FALL, 1923 



PUBLISHED BY TH E 



ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 



(For the protection of wild birds) 



CONTENTS 



The Chicago Region . 4 



Bird Protection in Europe T. Gilbert Pearson 6 



Overtones — A Poem Wm. Alexander Percy 7 



Novel Publicity Methods 8 



Nesting Sites William Barber ... 9 



Cleverly Constructed Bird House Walter E. Hastings 10 



Where the Meadow Begins ........ Esther A. Craigmile . 11 



Protection and Prohibition Illinois Sportsman 13 



Birds as Destroyers of Gall Insects Carl F. Groneman 13 



Editorial 16 



Protecting Birds Against Squirrels Dr. B. H. Warren 17 



Inland Bird Banding Association Meeting 18 



Explanation of Bird Bands Illinois Sportsman 20 



Ducks of the Illinois River Frederick C. Lincoln . 21 



The Case of Bob-white Paul B. Riis .... 26 



Plan to Save the Ducks Nat. Audubon Societies . 28 



A. O. U. Meeting — State Parks Meeting 30 



Drainage of Upper Mississippi Bottoms .... Paul B. Riis .... 30 



Trapping and Banding Tree-Climbing Birds . William I. Lyon ■ ■ ■ 33 



Letters from Correspondents 36 



Favorite Lake for Birds Saved 39 



Items from Decatur 40 



At the Forks of the Road William T. Hornaday 40 



Lecture Course in Ornithology 42 



Lord Grey's Bird Bill 45 



Birding in Autumn — A Poem 0. M. S 46 



The Charm of Ravines Orpheus M. Schantz . 47 



Massachusetts Bulletins <;o 



Illinois Prairies in 1871 Robert Ridgvo ay ... 51 



Illinois Nature Study Club £4 



Check List Announcement 55 



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