ILLINOIS AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly by the 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Number 173 Summer 1975 
CONTENTS 
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Peter Dring 2 
ENERGY CONSERVATION IN ILLINOIS: Kenneth W. Grandys and 
COAL GASIFICATION Alvin K. Grandy 5 
ACCORDING TO THE LAW 7 
SANDHILL CRANES AND THE KENNICOTT FAMILY 
Walter B. Hendrickson 9 
EULOGY FOR WHISPER, THE MUTE SWAN Vinne T. Dyke i 
BEGIN INVENTORY OF STATE’S NATURAL AREAS 13 
ONE DAY EAGLE COUNT — FEBRUARY 8, 1975 Elton Fawks 14 
PINTAILS NEST AGAIN AT GOOSE LAKE PRAIRIE Jared Verner ie 
NOTES AND FEATHERS. . . Rebecca Matthews 16 
AN ARCTIC LOON AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS H. David Bohlen 17 
FIELD NOTES, WINTER SEASON Vernon M. Kleen 19 
BOOK REVIEWS: 23 
BIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE By John Bull 
AMERICAN BIRDS By Roland C. Clement 
EARTHWATCH: NOTES ON A RESTLESS PLANET By Jean and Daniel Shepard 
THE WORLD ATLAS OF BIRDS By Peter Scott 
A VOICE FOR WILDLIFE By Victor B. Scheffer 
SONG OF THE NORTH WIND, A STORY OF THE SNOW GOOSE 
By Paul A. Johnsgard 
THE DELL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIRDS By Bertel Bruun 
GUEST EDITORIAL: A FENCEROW DIES Bill Stokes 28 
Upcoming Events 
Oct. 17-19 Conservation Conference [II 
(Department of Conservation ) 
Little Grassy Lake, Carbondale 
Dec. 20-Jan. 4 Official Christmas Bird Count Dates 
Jan. 15-Feb. 15 Period for Winter Bird Surveys 
FRONT COVER: Breeding Habitat for the Purple Gallinule at Lake 
Mermet, Massac County. 
— Photo by Illinois Department of Conservation 
