14 LHE AUDUBON BULLE is 
Among the Bird Clubs and Out- 
of-Door Organizations 
ELGIN AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Pe Elgin Audubon Society, which is one of the oldest local clubs 
in the state, has the distinction of possessing a home of its own, 
which is of course its especial pride and interest. This museum at 
Lords Park has recently received a bequest of several hundred dollars, 
according to the secretary’s annual report in Bird Lore, and the 
Society’s dearest hope is for “‘further endowment to adequately house 
and administer its valuable collections of shells, corals, bird’s nests, and 
geological specimens.” 
Here is an opportunity for some person of means to create for himself 
a permanent memorial, which will give continuous benefit and pleasure 
to his fellow citizens—both present and future ones. 
The Elgin club holds regular monthly meetings, and in addition, this 
year held a garden party, a Christmas banquet and a museum meeting. 
At the Christmas party which was attended by more than sixty 
members and their guests, the Audubon Year books were distributed. 
Mr. Carl Groneman gave the first lecture on January 1oth, a year ago. 
ROCKFORD NATURE STUDY CLUB 
Another well known club of this type is the ““ Rockford Nature Study 
Club.”” This group though small in numbers has the ambition to try to 
accomplish some one thing of civic interest each year to quote from the 
interesting report of the secretary in the November-December Bird 
Lore. During this year it placed Bird Charts in three children’s 
institutions. 
This season the club made a special study of the wild flowers in the 
region about Rockford, identifying more than two hundred varieties in 
their own county. They also made an exhibit at a Federation of Women’s 
Clubs Flower Show, at which some sixty-six specimens of wild flowers, 
properly labeled, were displayed. 
The Rockford Nature Study Club is to be congratulated on this un- 
usual accomplishment. We hope it proved of real value in interesting 
visitors to wish to know the wild flowers of their own locality, and to 
help preserve bits of the floral carpet of primitive Illinois. 
BARRINGTON BIRD CLUB 
The Barrington Bird Club, which came into being a few years ago 
through the enthusiastic efforts of Mr. James C. Plagge, its president, 
