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chard Lake, the tired old coal country has suddenly become a land friendly 
to new industry and wildlife.” Federal authorities at the refuge say that 
the lake has transformed the whole area. Over one million persons used 
the 44,000 acres in 1956. 
Raymond Mostek, 615 Rochdale Circle, Lombard, III. 
BIRD MORTALITY AT TV TOWER 
ON TUESDAY, SEPT, 16, 1958, with a southern flow of air on the east side of 
a high pressure area, and with a local fog condition around Springfield, a 
great number of birds flew into the new TV tower at Mechanicsburg. Even 
though we did not receive word of the incident at the Illinois State Museum 
until Thursday, we were still able to collect 826 identifiable specimens, 
principally warblers and thrushes. There must have been a tremendous 
number of birds migrating south acioss Illinois that night. 
Milton D. Thompson, Illinois State Museum, Springfield 
NEW PUBLICATION ON HAWKS AND OWLS ANNOUNCED 
A SPECIAL REpoRT on the status of “Raptors of the Illinois Christmas 
Counts” is now in preparation. It will be distributed as a joint publication 
of the Illinois Natural History Survey, the Illinois Department of Con- 
servation, and the Illinois Audubon Society. The report is based largely on 
Christmas Censuses of Hawks and Owls in Illinois from 1900 to the present, 
and the decline in population of these species is clearly shown. The authors 
are Dr. Richard R. Graber and Jack Golden; editorial assistance and prepa- 
ration for printing are being provided by the I.A.S. This publication is 
especially important because it lends weight to the proposed revisions of 
the Illinois Hawk and Owl Protection Act which will be presented before 
the coming session of the Illinois Legislature. All I.A.S. members will re- 
ceive a copy of this report; publication is scheduled for early 1959. 
Paul H. Lobik, 22W681 Tamarack, Glen Ellyn 
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 
CAMERA-MINDED MEMBERS and friends of the I.A.S. are invited to partici- 
pate in the 14th International Exhibition of Nature Photography, spon- 
sored by the Chicago Nature Camera Club. Accepted prints will be dis- 
played in the main hall of the Chicago Natural History Museum from 
February 7 through February 27, 1959. Accepted slides will be projected 
in James Simpson Theater at the Museum on two Sundays, February 8 
and-15, at 2:30 pam. 
Judges of the Exhibit will be Anne Pilger Dewey, Hon. P.S.A., photog- 
rapher; Martin J. Schmidt, photographer; Edward D. Triner, biology 
teacher and naturalist; Roland W. Force, Curator of Oceanic Archaeology, 
and William D. Turnbull, Assistant Curator of Fossil Mammals at the 
Museum. Original pictures of natural history subjects of all types are 
eligible. Deadline for entries is January 17, 1959. Persons wishing to take 
part should write for entry blanks to Louis W. Braun, 166 W. Washington 
St., Chicago 2, Illinois. 
