PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE 
IOWA ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION 
VOL. XI DECEMBER, 1941 
NO. 4 
OFFICERS OF THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 
President — -Dr, Warren N. Keek, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 
Vice-President — Mrs. Mary L. Bailey, Sioux City, Iowa 
Acting See'y-Treas. — Hr. G. 0. Hendrickson, Iowa State 
College, Ames, Iowa 
Editor — Fred J. Pierce, Winthrop, Iowa 
Executive Council; 
Malcolm McDonald, Fairfield, Iowa 
Dr. Martin L. Grant, Cedar Falls, Iowa 
Bruce F. Stiles, Council Bluffs, Iowa 
Ornithologists* Union wag organized! at Ames, Iowa. February 28 
1923, for the study and protection of native birds and to prorrurte fraternal re- 
lations among Iowa bird >tudentf:. 
The centra) design of the Union 1 * official seal Ja the Eastern Goldfinch, designated 
State Bird of Iowa in 1933, 
of ^A OT1 : Mimeographed letters, 1923-1928; , The Bulletin* 
1929-19J0 ; Iowa Bird Life," beginning 1931. 
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EDITORIAL AND PUBLICATION OFFICE 
WINTHROP, IOWA 
Entered second-clasa matter February 9, 1932, at the post office at Winthrop I™ 
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