Ter abe ae Dos BeOeN® Bel tT Bers N 3 
been influenced by his mother, who was an amateur botanist. He was an 
expert bird watcher, and he had a good knowledge of the local flora. He 
knew where to go to see birds, and he made frequent trips to the country, 
at all times of the year, for this purpose. He loved to fill his ear with bird 
watcher friends, and he liked to make a full day of a trip. When, in the 
late afternoon, some of us would be ready to go home, he would still wish 
to visit other favorite places. He was indefatigable in tramping about these 
areas, even when in recent years, a leg difficulty made walking painful. He 
was friendly and generous. 
Dr. Lewy married Minnie Barnard on April 14, 1904, and they had three | 
fine sons. Two of them, Everett and Lawrence, are successful attorneys. 
The other son, Robert, is a prominent physician in his father’s specialty. 
Dr. Lewy had a happy family life. Mrs. Lewy and their three sons were 
cooperative in his interests. 
In recent years, Dr. Lewy reviewed books on birds that came to the Illi- 
nois Audubon Society for the Audubon Bulletin. The Board of Directors 
of the Society, at their meeting on January 7, voted “that future book gifts 
by the society made annually to libraries be given in the name of the Dr. 
Lewy Memorial Fund, in recognition of his years of reviewing books for 
the Bulletin.” 
5716 S. Stony Island Ave., Chicago 37 
f ft A 
Illinois Field Notes — Winter, 1958-59 
THIS WINTER IN ILLINOIS has been one of the most severe in recent years, 
with over a dozen spells of zero weather, heavy snows covering the northern 
half of the state for more than two months, and several ice storms. The 
governor recognized that such a winter was unusually hard on our wild 
birds, and officially asked residents to put out food for the birds. 
Our irregular winter visitors have come down from the north in good 
numbers, as shown by the Christmas Census elsewhere in this issue. 
Northern Illinoisans enjoyed an influx of Evening Grosbeaks (your Editor, 
operating bird feeders for the first time, was delighted to count flocks of 
up to 20 each day in February). Purple Finches, Nuthatches, Chickadees, 
Cardinals, Juncoes, Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers were also observed. 
Here are other reports for the state: 
By Jack Keegan, Dixon 
SINCE DECEMBER 1ST we have had a White Pelican on the Rock River in 
downtown Dixon, Illinois. A Mr. Adams, manager of a boat store, saved the 
pelican from sure death by freezing during the zero weather a week before 
Christmas. Mr. J. G. Seise has banded the bird; he is thriving on fish pro- 
vided by Mr. Adams, and has grown so tame that people can stroke him. 
We hope to release him in the spring. 
By Mrs. W. B. Garrett, Palatine 
IN JANUARY WE discovered an Oregon Junco under our feeder. A Fox Spar- 
row has visited regularly since January 29th. And for several weeks we 
have had 4 male and 7 female Hvening Grosheaks daily. 
