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News from the Prairie Chicken Foundation | 
The January issue of "Telebriefs", which is enclosed with all bills from the 
Illinois Bell Telephone Co., featured a short article about the prairie grouse. 
We are very grateful to Mary Slingerland, advertising supervisor for Illinois Bell, 
for her assistance in this fine publicity. Miss Slingerland informs us that she 
is an ardent birder and is very interested in all aspects of conservation. As a 
result of the Telebrief story, over 550 letters were received from interested 
persons. Each inquiry was answered with informative literature, a brochure, and 
an invitation to participate in our project. 
The Spring PCFI Board Meeting will be held on April 11, 12 at Newton and will 
feature a visit to the booming grounds to see and hear "the greatest show in the 
avian World." On Friday evening the board members will have dinner together and 
hold the annual board meeting. Early Saturday morning will be spent in the blinds, 
| followed by breakfast and a tour of the sanctuaries. We hope that every member 
will try to attend this important meeting, which will provide an opportunity for 
many up-state people to see for themselves the results of our efforts. 
Reservations should be mailed to John Slachter, Sumner, Illinois by April 7. 
The PCFI will have a new treasurer soon. He is Robert K. Bullard of 128 E. Pine 
St. in Olney. Robert will be a freshman at Olney Central College this fall. He 
is very interested in conservation and was State Winner of the 4-H Conservation 
Award, having completed 44 different 4-H projects, 20 of which were related to 
conservation. 
Robert belongs to the Ridgway Chapter of the IAS, and has visited many wildlife 
refuges from the Aransas in Texas to Ile Bonaventure in Quebec. Robert's mother, 
who is a teacher, has expressed a willingness to help out with the work of 
treasurer. 
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J. W. Galbreath 
Chairman-Prairie Chicken Foundation of Illinois. 
| North American Nest-Record Card Program Receives Gift 
Thanks to a generous gift from Mrs. Bradley Fisk, Cornel University's 
Laboratory of Ornithology will be able to program and computerize data for 
the following species: Mourning Dove, Eastern Phoebe, Barn and Tree 
Swallows, House Wren, Robin, Eastern Bluebird, Catbird, Yellow Warbler, 
f Red-winged Blackbird, Cardinal, American Goldfinch, and Song Sparrow. The 
| ) laboratory has sufficient data on these species to determine what the long- 
| term population trends are to learn many important facts regarding breeding 
habits. 
Since these species are being programmed, the Lab would very much like to 
have further data on these species. Once the cards have been edited, they 
will be available to researchers for a small fee. Last year, 287 contributors | 
sent in 5,048 nest records. The earliest nest recorded was that of a | 
Carolina Wren which began nesting in Chattanooga on January 2 during a warm 
spell. 

Mary Ann Gossmann has been elected the new president of the Fox Valley Chapter 
H and Mrs. Vera Shaw has taken over the reins of the Ridgway Chapter. 

