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The color plates are made by a six-color offset process, with the result 
that I cannot tell them from original water colors. They do not carry the 
emphasis on line and color, and are softer in tone than the three and 
four-color reproductions in this country, which are intended largely for 
identification of species. In the artist’s own words: “During the course of 
seventeen years, I have had the opportunity of travelling over the whole 
of Greenland. . . Landscapes from the whole of Greenland therefore will 
appear as settings to my bird studies. I have endeavored to reconcile 
ornithological exactness with my own artistic conception in order that 
bird and scenery should form together an artistic whole.” This reviewer’s 
enthusiastic opinion is that each plate is worthy of a place in an art 
gallery. Dr. Alfred Lewy, 25 E. Washington Blvd., Chicago 
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN PENGUINS, by L. E. Richdale, M.A., H.D.A., Cor- 
responding Fellow A. O. U.; Honorary Lecturer in Zoology, University 
of Otago, New Zealand. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. 
1951. $5.00. 
The scope of this work is far greater than is indicated by the title. 
It is a detailed, objective life study of penguins as identifiable individuals 
from the observer’s blind, and covers their behavior under all conditions 
except under water, where they seek their food. It is written in beautifully 
clear English, and illustrated by 22 excellent black and white plates. The 
author states in his preface that ‘‘the text covers only the first ten years 
of research.” Altogether, 292 matings were studied. Ornithologists the 
world over have a pattern set for them. 
Mr. Richdale is in this country on a Fulbright fellowship. The mem- 
bers of the Illinois Audubon Society who have met Mr. Richdale and know 
the quality of his work will appreciate the complimentary references in 
his book to our Mrs. Nice. Dr. Alfred Lewy, 25 E. Washington Blvd., Chicago 
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I. A. S. Newsletter 
THIS COLUMN WILL report, from time to time, news that will be of in- 
terest to members of the Society — of people, of places and events. 
Through these paragraphs we will collect and disseminate all the miscel- 
laneous information that should be made known in any active organization. 
News of Field Trips Wanted 
Who’s the Field Chairman of your local Bird Club? Send in his name 
and address — or better still, send in your hiking program for the coming 
months. The Illinois Audubon Society does not go on regular field trips 
(except in connection with the Annual Meeting), preferring to leave the 
hike planning to the local societies scattered all over the state. But the 
I. A. §. can, through the Bulletin, act as a clearing-house for information 
about trips all over Illinois, so that any member can join a group in any 
