THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
FALL 1922 
Published by the 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
(For the protection of wild birds) 

The President of the Illinois Audubon Society writes: 
This number of the Bulletin gives publicity to one of the out- 
standing events of our year, the issue from the press of our long- 
delayed Check List of the Birds of Illinois. The immediate favor 
with which it was received, the approval of our enterprise by 
the President of the National Association of Audubon Societies, 
and items of interest relating to the preparation and publication 
of the Check List are told in the following pages. This number 
also records another event of special significance to the Illinois 
Audubon Society during the past year which was the A. O. U. 
meeting in Chicago at which time our Society assisted the auth- 
orities of the Field Museum and the Chicago Ornithological Club 
in the entertainment of the distinguished visitors. The notable 
collection of photographs, drawings and paintings of bird life 
brought together for this occasion and left on exhibition for 
some weeks after the close of the meeting has been significant in 
inspiring interest in no small portion of the area which the 
Illinois Audubon Society serves. 
As is its wont, the Bulletin offers a variety of fresh and 
original material. One of the earliest of Illinois ornithologists 
is appropriately memoralized. One of our members permits the 
advance publication of a portion of a chapter of his forthcoming 
book on Mississippi Valley Birds at Home. The Morton 
Arboretum which is steadily taking shape is given space. This 
will be a notable refuge for bird life in the future. Among other 
good things in this number the valuable collection of notes from 
the field which follows the Editorial Page must not be left un- 
mentioned. It is from such collections as these that students of 
bird life in Illinois will find rich material. The rext step in field 
ornithology now that we have our scholarly and all-embracing 
Check List of the Birds of Illinois, is a check list of each county 
or groups of counties making a unit of bird fauna. To these lists 
the field notes of past issues of the Bulletin as well as those of the 
current issue will be valuable contributions. 
To the Editor in his appropriate space is left the important 
task of reminding us of the forth-coming session of the Legis- 
lature and of what we may all have a chance to do in the way 
of enhancing the living conditions of our co-workers and faithful 
allies, the birds. 
ORPHEUS MOYER SCHANTZ 
