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June 25th Dr. C. looked in the box and all the baby birds, feathered 
out and husky looking, were huddled in the northeast corner the 
farthest corner from the nest. The parent birds were in and out all the 
afternoon feeding them. Next morning, however, the box was empty. 
On June 27th I returned and heard them scattered over the hill. I 
heard the song several times, and baby voices calling. July rst, the 
whole family was in the crabapple thicket and all scolded when I went 
down to give them some water. They seemed by this time to have 
grown the long tail that is so characteristic. I am hoping, since this 
family was so successfully reared that they will raise a second. We 
feel greatly honored by having so distinguished a neighbor, and enjoy 
him much more than his cousin. His song is much more pleasing, he is 
not such a scold, and so far as we have seen, does not have the bad 
habit of destroying other birds’ nests. 
LILLIAN CRAMP 
Chicago, Illinois 
Editorial Notes 
REVISION of the Check List is under way. Certain additions 
A based on recent bird identifications in the state will be added 
and the new edition will contain the scientific names of the birds 
listed as well as the common names. The Check List will be ready for 
distribution in early autumn. 
The Ridgway Memorial Fund is growing slowly and will be actively 
pushed in September. 
A campaign for new members has been inaugurated and has met with 
moderate success. It is urgent that the membership be increased in 
order to carry out an efficient educational campaign for bird conserva- 
tion. The National Association of Audubon Societies has succeeded in 
creating an endowment fund of over one million dollars. It would 
seem reasonable that Illinois might be able to raise a fund large enough 
to provide an income sufficient to carry on the conservation work on a 
scale creditable to our great State. 
The directors of the Society at their annual meeting discussed the 
holding of monthly open meetings commencing in the early fall to 
which the public would be admitted free and problems of bird conser- 
vation and study would be the subject of discussion at each meeting 
with the possibility of a short talk by someone in authority on one of 
the many phases of bird interests. 
