8 THE AUDUBON) BULL Eaten 
March meeting of the board, and is taking an active part in the work of 
the membership committee. 
The following members were elected to the board at the annual meet- 
ing of the Society on May 17, 1952: Mrs. Walter S. Huxford, 8027 Thayer 
Street, Evanston; Mrs. Thure Waller, 6506 N. Maplewood Avenue, Chicago 
45; and Mr. Franklin McVey, 5845 N. Kingsdale Avenue, Chicago 30. 
Mrs. Huxford and Mrs. Waller have given considerable time recently to 
volunteer work for the Society. Mr. McVey is a teacher, amateur natu- 
ralist and lecturer who illustrates his wildlife lectures with his own movies. 
These new directors are actively interested in the study and protection of 
birds, and are expected to make valuable contributions to the work of 
the Society. 
The Board of Directors accepted with regret the resignation of Mr. 
Theodore Nork, who has been a director for several years. He has found 
that the pressure of a new position which requires frequent out-of-town 
business trips prevents him from participating regularly in the affairs 
of the Society. He is to be commended for the fine service he has given, 
and we wish him success in his new work. 
Book Reviews 
Wildfowling in the Mississippi: Flyway. Contributed by twenty authors, 
edited by Eugene V. Connett. D. Van Nostrand Company, Toronto, New 
York and London, 1952. 387 pages, 206 illustrations, $6.00. 
The territory covered by the book includes three Canadian provinces 
and thirteen states, describing the breeding grounds and migration routes 
principally of ducks and geese, although prairie chicken, cranes, Wilson’s 
snipe, etc. come in for mention. Historically the book covers the period 
when old muskets were reamed out or used “as is” for shotguns (some 
of them 4 bore), and bag limits were unknown. The supply of birds, 
like our forests, seemed inexhaustible. Probably more birds were 
slaughtered than could possibly be carried away or used. It is hard to 
believe that the numbers of birds reported taken with the clumsy muzzle 
loaders may be accurate. 
The cover states that “The gunner will find a comprehensive descrip- 
tion of the successful methods used today in bagging a proper share of 
geese and ducks, from the Arctic to the Gulf,” but it also states, “No 
one can read this book without gaining a better picture of one of the 
most important wildlife resources on our continent, and the way in 
which it has been wasted, is now being preserved, and what must be 
accomplished in the future to perpetuate it.” 
Of special interest to us is the chapter on Illinois, written by Kenneth 
H. Smith, going back in his own family history 100 years, and coming 
up through his boyhood to date, describing the Illinois of old from the 
naturalist’s and hunter’s standpoint. Even those of us who hunt only 
with binoculars will have some nostalgic stirrings. 
Dr. Alfred Lewy, 25 E. Washington Blvd., Chicago 
