18 Poor, A UsD°U BON) Bessie 
P.C.F.I., amounts to 494 acres in the Bogota area devoted to the preserva- 
tion of Prairie Grouse. A continued land acquisition program will be 
necessary to insure the survival of Prairie Chickens in Illinois. Since the 
price of farmland is increasing and the number of chickens is decreasing, 
it is essential that this program proceed with all possible haste. Those 
wishing to assist the land acquisition program may mail their contributions 
to: Paul Parmalee, Treasurer, P.C.F.I., c/o Illinois State Museum, Springfield. 
P.O. Box #3, Centralia, Illinois 
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Dr. T. E. Musselman Named Technical Director 
By Betty Groth 
Dr. T. E. Musselman, nationally-known bluebird and martin expert of 
Quincy, Illinois, was appointed a Technical Consultant of The Illinois 
Audubon Society by the Board of Directors at their November meeting in 
Chicago. Winner of the “Audubon-Man-of-the-Year” award two years ago, 
Dr. Musselman has earned wide recognition as a nature writer and lecturer. 
By appointing him to this new post of honor, the Board expressed the 
belief that his advice and technical knowledge would serve to improve and 
enrich the many conservation and ornithology activities now being con- 
ducted by the Society. 
A few years ago a feature article in READER’S DIGEST recounted 
Dr. Musselman’s adventures while cleaning and checking bluebird houses 
along country roads on cold, windy spring days. One story vividly described 
how he found four baby bluebirds gasping with necks upstretched, drowning 
in their nest box because the drain holes in the bottom had become plugged 
and rainwater was rising in the nest. Rescuing the birds in his cap, Dr. 
Musselman cleaned out the drain holes, pulled out the soggy nest, and re- 
packed the box with clean, dry grass which he carried for emergencies. Then 
he tucked the nestlings back into the safe, dry box and went on his route. 
Dr. Musselman is best known as an expert on scientific bird house construc- 
tion; he is a master in attracting birds to nest boxes. 
The Technical Consultants of the I.A.S. serve as expert advisers on any 
problems that may arise regarding the work of the Society and its directors. 
Two recent appointees to this group of specialists are Floyd Swink, Taxon- 
omist of The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, and George Fell of The Natural 
Land Institute in Rockford. Others who contribute to this valuable reservoir 
of scientific and legal talent are: Philip DuMont, U. S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Washington, D. C.; Dr. William Beecher, Director, The Chicago 
Academy of Sciences; Oliver Heywood, Attorney-at-Law, Hinsdale; Dr. 
Thomas G. Scott of Oregon State University; and Milton D. Thompson, 
Director of The Illinois State Museum, Springfield. 
179 Villa Road, Addison, III. 60101 
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