24 TEE SA DiGi ON BULLETIN 



THE AUDUBON BULLE. 
SPRING. AND SUMMER Riga 
Pus.isHeD BY ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
For the Conservation of Bird Life 

CoMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION 
JESSE LOWE SMITH, Chairman, Highland Park 
RUTHVEN DEANE, 112 W. Adams St., Chicago 
MARY DRUMMOND, Lake Forest 
BERTHA T. PATTEE, Evanston 
CATHARINE A. MITCHELL, Riverside 
ORPHEUS M. SCHANTZ, 10 S. La Salle St., 
Chicago, Editor: 
FREDERICK H. PATTEE, 626 S. Clark St., Chicago 
Loca. SECRETARIES 
BELVIDERE—Miss Muriel Lampert, 410 E. 
Lincoln Avenue 
CARBONDALE—Miss Mary M. Steagall, 808 
Illinois Avenue 
CARLYLE—H. C. Norcross 
CARTHAGE—Alice L. Kibbe 
CHAM PAIGN—W. Elmer Ekblaw, 601 N. Wil- 
lis Avenue 
DECATUR—Mrs. Benjamin Bachrach, 1437 W. 
Main Street 
DE KALB—Jessie R. Mann, 336 Augusta Ave. 
ELGIN—Miss Lillian Smith, Douglas Avenue 
EVANSTON—Miss Louise Whitehead, 1745 Or- 
rington Avenue 
GOLCONDA—Mrs. Lillian B. Phelps 
HARRISBURG—Clarence Bonnell 
KEWANEE—Dr. Hattie Melaik, Quinn Block 
LAKE FOREST—Rev. George Roberts 
MACKINAW—Miss Mae Blair 
MAYWOOD—See. of the Maywood Bird Club 


NORMAL—Miss Mary Jean Patterson, Ill. S. 
NS: 
ODIN—C. B. Vandercook . - 
OLNEY—Mrs. Robert Ridgeway, 1030 S. Mor- 
gan Street 
PHILO—Isaac E. Hess 
PORT BYRON-—J. J. Schafer 
QUINCY—T. E. Musselman, Gem City Busi- 
ness College 
RIVER FOREST—Miss Esther A. Craigmile 
ROCKFORD—Paul B. Riis, 301 Shaw Street 
ge tahie ISLAND—Miss Nellie E. Peetz, 528 18th 
street 
SALEM—Mrs. Sig Kaufman, 524 N. Broadway 
SHELBYVILLE—Mrs. Howard J. Hamlin 
SULLIVAN—Mrs. O. L. Todd, 606 S. Washing- 
ton Street 
WATERLOO—Armin Hartman 
WAUKEGAN—Mrs. Elam H. Clarke, 740 N. 
Sheridan Road 



E DRO Ras 
IKE the Fall Migration this number of THE Aupuson Bu tetin is late in arriving 
On account of this tardy appearance it has been thought best to publish only one 
number in 1924. 
On the cover of the present issue is being used for the first time a picture of the 
Bob White, made especially for the BuLLETIN by the famous artist and bird lover, Louis 
A. Fuertes. 
The Illinois Audubon Society could do no better service than to bring about greater 
protection for this bird of the prairies. 
A single covey of quail will destroy thousands of cinch bugs and other noxious 
insects, and vast quantities of weed seeds, doing the farmer a service which he can repay 
only by protecting and encouraging others to protect this most beautiful bird. 
As the BuLLETIN goes to press there is being held in Springfield, Ill., a conference of 
sportsmen to consider the further protection of wild life, and to urge intelligent control 
of the shooting of game birds and animals, and also protection for our game fish. 
Not for many years has there been in northern Illinois a season so favorable to bird 
life. Abundant rains have made a remarkable growth in plant life, with a corresponding 
perfection in the various seeds and fruits. 
With this abundance of food there has been a mild autumn, and the migrating birds 
have not been hurried by weather conditions; so they have taken their time in passing 
through on their way south. 
