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Book Review 
CHICAGOLAND Birps — Where and When to Find Them. Compiled by Ellen 
Thorne Smith, Associate, Division of Birds, Chicago Natural History Mu- 
seum. Maps and drawings by Dr. William J. Beecher, Director, Chicago 
Academy of Sciences. 1959. Chicago Natural History Museum. 48 pp. 2 
maps. Price 50c. Available from LeRoy Tunstall, 323 W. Wesley St., Whea- 
ton, Ill., I.A.S. Book Chairman. 
Mrs. Smith has compiled a pocket-size booklet which will be quite valuable 
to those who are interested in the birds of Chicagoland. She lists the sea- 
sons when the migratory species are present, and the comparative abundance 
of both the migrants and the permanent residents. This information is con- 
veyed by the use of graphs which are divided into twelve spaces represent- 
ing months, and each of these spaces is divided into three parts represent- 
ing about ten days. The length of the line indicates the time the bird is 
present and the width of the line shows its abundance. In addition, the type 
of habitat and the locations where the bird may be found are shown by the 
use of a combination of letters. These graphs seem much easier to use than 
the usual arrival and departure dates. 
Another valuable feature is the checklist which faces each page of the 
graph. Here the names of the species are repeated with spaces for the user’s 
observations, thus furnishing a compact, permanent record for each species. 
These records could furnish valuable information for future editions of 
this or similar publications. 
Paul E. Downing, 459 Roger Williams Ave., Highland Park, Ill. 
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The I.A.S. Armpatch, which can be sewed to a jacket or stitched to a 
bit of elastic for slipping over one's sleeve, is now available to all 
members of the Society. The circular emblem is 3!/5 inches in diameter, 
brown, yellow and green, reproducing a drawing of a Bobwhite Quail 
flying over a field. The armpatch is sold for $1.00 postpaid by the 
Conservation Committee — Raymond Mostek, Chairman, 615 Roch- 
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