BULLETIN 
OF THE 
WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
Vol. 11 JUNE, 1913. Nos. 1 and 2 
PROCEEDINGS 
Milwaukee, Wis., May 30, 1912. 
Annual meeting. 
President Barth in the chair. Twenty persons present. Minutes of the 
last regular meeting read and approved. 
Prof. I. N. Mitchell, of the State Normal School, gave the evening’s 
lecture on “The Passenger Pigeon and Other Wisconsin Birds.” This 
lecture was illustrated by numerous lantern slides and stuffed specimens. 
Professor Mitchell expressed the belief that the disappearance of the Pas- 
senger Pigeon was due to the wholesale shooting during the breeding sea- 
son. He called attention to the indiscriminate shooting of hawks, many 
species of which are beneficial to man and should be protected. 
The lecture was discussed by Mr. Russel, Mr. Ward, Mr. Teller and 
Dr. Dernehl. Mr. Russel moved that the Society be instructed to request 
the Biological Survey to supply copies of its bulletins dealing with hawks 
to the Marshfield gun, rod and pheasant breeding club, which has recently 
inaugurated a shooting campaign against all hawks, good, bad and indif- 
ferent. The motion was seconded and carried. 
After the lecture, a recess was taken and then the business of the annual 
meeting was taken up. Ten members were present. 
The report of the secretary was read and placed on file. The report of 
the treasurer was read and referred to the auditing committee, Drs. Dernehl 
and Barrett, who later reported the accounts correct. Dr. Dernehl then 
reported for the program committee for the regular meetings. He called 
attention to the meager attendance at these meetings. Mr. Ward moved 
that a vote of thanks and confidence be extended to Dr. Dernehl for his 
work on the programs for the past year. The motion was seconded and 
carried. All the members of the committee on the programs for section 
meetings being absent, the secretary reported for this committee. 
The nominating committee then made its report through the chairman, 
Dr. Graenicher. All the old officers were renominated, the secretary, 
however, consenting to serve only until the meetings were over for the 
summer. 
The following officers were elected: 
President , Dr. G. P. Barth. 
Vice-President , Dr. P. H. Dernehl. 
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