2 TH EY 7A) UD UB O NSB Use 
The Educational Committee is making plans for more bird walks in 
other city and suburban parks this spring. Leaders are still very much 
needed. Any competent bird-watchers who feel they can spare even a 
few Saturdays or Sundays for this work are requested to write to the 
chairman, Mrs. Walter Huxford, 3027 Thayer St., Evanston, Illinois. 
Thank You, Members 
THE RESPONSE OF the members of the Society to the letter regarding re- 
newal of dues was most gratifying. More than thirty-five persons so far 
have changed from a $2.00 active membership to the $5.00 contributing 
membership. In addition, many members sent in donations to the Society 
to help defray the expenses of providing the Audubon Screen Tours at 
the Museum; the cost for these, incidentally, has been increased for the 
coming season. All members who have not already sent in their dues are 
urged to do so at once in order to save the Society the cost of extra billing 
and postage. 
New State Appointees 
GOVERNOR WILLIAM STRATTON has recently filled two state offices which are 
of special interest to members of the I. A. S. Miss Vera Binks is to be 
the new State Director of Registration and Education, and will be in charge 
of all wildlife sanctuaries in the state. Our Vice-President, Mrs. Walter 
S. Huxford, has already contacted Miss Binks and offered her the co- 
operation of the Society in providing more and better sanctuaries for 
birds in I]linois. 
Mr. Glen D. Palmer of Yorkville, Illinois, has been appointed Director 
of the Conservation Department. He is qualified by many years of experi- 
ence in conservation work. Mr. Palmer will play an important part in 
the decision to hunt mourning doves in Illinois; see the article on the 
mourning dove elsewhere in the Bulletin. 
Free Lectures in Natural History 
THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES offers a series of lectures on “Natural 
History of the Chicago Region” to be presented on the third Friday of 
each month in Albert Dickinson Hall, at 2001 N. Clark Street in Lincoln 
Park. The lecture for March 20 will be “The Development and Succession 
of Plants in Quaking Bogs” by Dr. Max Britton of Northwestern Uni- 
versity. On Friday, April 17, our own William J. Beecher, of the Chicago 
Natural History Museum, will speak on “The Birds of the Chicago Area.” 
Dr. Albert Wolfson of Northwestern University will discuss “The Problems 
of Bird Migration, with Emphasis on the Chicago Area” on May 15. All 
lectures begin at 8:00 p.m., and are open to the public. 
No Room for More 
SEVERAL INTERESTING ARTICLES based on original observations were re- 
ceived by the editor, but could not be included because of the great length 
of this year’s Christmas Census. Members who contributed articles may 
be re-assured that their work has been received and will appear. 
