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The Christmas Bird Census — 1959 
By PAUL H. LoBik 
WE PLAN TO CONTINUE last year’s manner of presenting our Christmas 
Bird Census — that is, in narrative rather than tabular form. Please see 
the March. 1959, issue of the Audubon Bulletin for the style followed; the 
report on the Morton Arboretum is a good example. 
We would still prefer to have members follow the “ground rules” of the 
National Audubon Society in making your Censuses. Please specify the 
name of the area covered (roughly a circle 15 miles in diameter), the ter- 
rain, date, time (at least eight daylight hours), weather, wind, tempera- 
ture, ground conditions, number of observers, number of parties, party- 
hours, and party-miles on foot and by car. Next give the name and count 
of each species seen, listed in A.O.U. order, please, followed by the total of 
individual birds. The names of all participants and the compiler follow next, 
with discussion of unusual records at the end. We will not hold strictly to 
the former rule of three or more experienced birders per Census. 
Reports should be typed and mailed before January 31 to Paul H. Lobik, 
Editor, 22W681 Tamarack Drive, Glen Ellyn, Ill. Do not under any circum- 
stances send your reports to the Chicago Natural History Museum. 
As always, the Chicago Ornithological Society invites birders to partici- 
pate in the annual Christmas Census at the Morton Arboretum on Sunday, 
Dec. 27, 1959, beginning at 9:15 a.m. The Arboretum is 23 miles west of 
downtown Chicago on Illinois Route 58, one mile north of Lisle. You may 
take the Burlington commuter train from Chicago’s Union Station to Lisle. 
If you drive, take Congress Street Expressway at First Avenue in May- 
wood and go on to the East-West Tollway (fee 30c), turning off at Route 
58 and driving 4 mile to the entrance. Bring lunch and binoculars, and 
dress warmly. 
Our other affiliates — Evanston Bird Club, Bureau Valley Audubon Club, 
Decatur Audubon Society, Springfield Bird Club, Tri-City Bird Club, and 
so on, will also go birding at Christmastime. To join the group in your area, 
see the back page of this Bulletin, inside the cover. Merry Christmas and 
frggs ' 
good birding to all! 22W681 Tamarack Dr., Glen Ellyn 
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