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Chicago, Cook county; lake front, Jackson park to Lincoln park; Dec. 
25; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; rain, sleet, snow; temperature 35° to 45°; wind S. 
15-20 m.p.h., visibility poor; 10 miles by car. Lesser scaup duck, 100+; 
Amer. golden-eye, 150+; old-squaw, 3007+; Amer. merganser, 4; ring- 
necked pheasant, 15; glaucous gull, 1; Iceland gull, 1; herring gull, 2,000~+ ; 
ring-billed gull, 5007+; Bonaparte’s gull, 35; rock dove, 50; snowy owl, 2; 
crow, 1; Carolina wren, 1; starling, 50; English sparrow, 50; cardinal, 6; 
slate-colored junco, 15; total, 18 species, 3,281 + individuals. — Mr. & Mrs. 
Albert L. Campbell. 
Palos Park, Cook county; five bird-banding and feeding stations in Palos 
Park at residences of Dr. and Mrs. McQuarrie, Miss Alice Greenacre, Dr. 
and Mrs. Bressler, Mrs. G. Ward, and Mr. and Mrs. Lord; Dee. 26; 11:30 
a.m. to 1 p.m.; temperature 38°; light snow, almost rain. Red-bellied wood- 
pecker (f), 1; hairy woodpecker, 5; downy woodpecker, 14; crow, 10; 
black-capped chickadee, 32; tufted titmouse, 8; white-breasted nuthatch, 6; 
brown creeper, 1; robin, 3; cardinal, 8; purple finch, 10; goldfinch, 2; 
slate-colored junco, 50; tree sparrow, 2; also a snowy owl, found near the 
Palwaukee airport, which was brought to Mrs. McQuarrie in a weakened 
condition, dying within a day; total, 15 species, 153 individuals. — Alfred 
H. Reuss. 
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Society Receives Bequest 
The Society is grateful for a bequest in the will of one of its friends, 
Anna D. Holmquist, recently deceased. The will was properly drawn by a 
competent attorney and we will receive the funds as intended, but we re- 
call a situation in which this was not the case. With the intention of be- 
friending birdlife, a Chicago man included in his will a substantial bequest 
to a local institution for the purpose of establishing a bird sanctuary. 
When the will was probated it was found that there was no provision for 
maintaining the sanctuary or any alternative measures for use of the 
money. As a result, it is questionable if it can ever be used as the testator 
wished. It is therefore suggested that any friends or members of the 
Society considering a bequest to it may avoid a similar mistake by having 
their attorneys consult our officers. 
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Dr. GC. W..G. Bifrig 
It is with deep regret that the Society reports the death last Nov. 1 
of its former president, Dr. Charles William Gustav Eifrig, in Orlando, 
Fla., at the age of 78 years. Dr. Eifrig was president for 14 years and 
since his retirement from that office in 1941 had been an honorary director 
of the Society. He was a minister of the Lutheran church and for 35 years 
was professor of science at Concordia Teachers college, River Forest, Ill. 
He was widely known as a naturalist and served two years as secretary 
of the Wilson Ornithological club. 
