THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 29 
The Audubon Annual Bulletin 
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Published by the Illinois Audubon Society for the Conservation of Bird Life 
OrpHEuS Moyer ScuHantz, Editor 
Directors: 
ALFRED M. BAILEY Wiuiam I. Lyon 
La Grange, Illinois Waukegan, Illinois 
Mrs. NELLIE T. BAROODY C. W. G. EIFric CATHARINE A. MITCHELL 
Berwyn, Illinois River Forest, [linois Riverside, Illinois 
JouHN M. BLAKELEY WILLIAM R. FoLsom FREDERICK H. PATTEE 
Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Evanston, Illinois 
EstHER A. CRAIGMILE Benjy. T. GAULT Mrs. BERTHA TRAER PATTER 
River Forest, Illinois Glen Ellyn, Illinois Evanston, Illinois 
RUTHVEN DEANE STEPHEN S. GREGORY, JR. Mrs. Fiora S. RICHARDSON 
Chicago, Illinois Winnetka, Illinois Chicago, Illinois 
CHARLES O. DECKER CHRESWELL J. HUNT OrPHEUS M. SCHANTZ 
Chicago, Illinois Maywood, Illinois Berwyn, Illinois 
R. J. H. DELoAcH FRED S. LODGE JESSE LOWE SMITH 
Chicago, Illinois La Grange, Illinois Highland Park, Illinois 

EDITORIAL 
ITH this issue of the Illinois Audubon Society’s publication, the 
19th issue since its first appearance in 1916, there comes a change 
of name. In place of the Audubon Bulletin it has been decided to 
call it the Illinois Audubon Annual Bulletin, and to supplement it there 
will be published quarterly leaflets, which shall contain items of season- 
able interest and economic information. 
It is hoped that the change will be acceptable to the Members of the 
Society, and that the more frequent information through the leaflets will 
not only create an added interest but will prove of value to its readers, 
and that it may insure its recommendation to others through members 
and other sources. 
The ever-increasing interest in bird conservation and the realization of 
the value of birds to all rural communities will we sincerely hope, bring 
to the Audubon Society many new subscribers, and we also hope will 
bring to us news and experiences of bird lovers that will prove of value to 
be used as material for publication in the leaflets and the annual. 
The publication of the Appreciation of Louis Agassiz Fuertes written 
by his life-long friend Wilfred H. Osgood, curator of the Field Museum, 
is an expression of the respect by the officers of the Society for the 
greatest artist of bird life of his time. Many of the directors have been 
favored with his friendship and they mourn with his family the loss of 
