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BY TIIE WAYSIDE 
BY THE WAYSIDE 
Published on the tenth of each month except 
July and August. 
The official organ of the Wisconsin, Illinois and 
Michigan Audubon Societies. 
Twenty-five cents per year 
Single copies 5 cents 
Contributions to By the Wayside are invited 
from all overs of Nature and friends of the 
birds. All communications should be sent to 
Roland E. Kremers, 1720 Vilas St., Madison, 
All members of the Wisconsin Aud¬ 
ubon Society have not yet paid their 
dues. In as much as our work for this 
year depends upon our financial re¬ 
sources, it is urged that all dues be paid 
soon to Roland E. Kremers, Treasurer 
of the Wisconsin Audoben Society, 1720 
Vilas St. Madison, Wis. 
For several years the Illinois Audu¬ 
bon Society has been sending By-the- 
wayside, free of charge, to 100 teachers 
or schools of Illinois. The list is 
changed, more or less from year to 
^ oar - secretary would appreciate it 
if teachers receiving the little paper 
would write to her suggesting ways in 
which it could be made more helpful 
(while keeping within its present price. 
Letters telling of personal eperience in 
Biid Study or field work would be 
welcome, also notise of change in ad¬ 
dress. 
Mary Drummond, 
Secy, for Illinois. 
Falsity Proven 
The wildly impossible stones which 
the millinery interests are circulating to 
the effect that the aigrettes used in the 
feather traffic are picked up on the 
ground in Venezuela, they state are 
based on a letter written by “Mayeul 
Grisol, Naturalist and Explorer of the 
Honorary Mission of the Museum of 
Natural History in Paris.” 
On account of the absurdity of these 
statements, American naturalists have 
so doubted the creditable standing of 
Griscol, in case such v man really exists, 
that Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, 
President of the American Museum of 
Natural History in New York City, 
Apiil 20th, 1911, sent the following 
cablegram to the Museum of Natural 
History of Paris: 
Is Mayeul Grisol of scientific stand¬ 
ing? Has he been an accredited ex¬ 
plorer for your museum to South Amer¬ 
ica ? 
On April 22d the lollowing cablegram 
was received in answer: 
“Mayeul Grisol inconnu.” (“Mayeul 
Grisol unknown. ”) 
Mayeul Grisol is an entomologist, not 
an ornithologist, is not known to be con- 
nected v ith any ornithological organiza¬ 
tion, and has never published any scien¬ 
tific article on birds. He can hardly be 
considered an authority on birds and 
their habits. 
J ust think of the extent to which com¬ 
mercial interests will go in order to en¬ 
able them to make profit by the slaughter 
of wild birds! 
