THE: AUDUBON BULLETIN 9 
wait to “let George do it.” Members should write to the Save the Dunes 
Council, Mrs. L. N. Conklin, Treasurer, Dune Acres, Chesterton, Indiana. 
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MOURNING DOVE BILL. The Mourning Dove Bill was defeated by only a few 
votes. Its support was better from the northern part of the state, where 
there was more effort to influence legislation. Unfortunately, we had not 
only the Department of Conservation, but the Illinois Division of the Izaak 
Walton League opposed to the bill. The hunters are powerful in both of 
these organizations. Contrary to a statement in the Chicago Tribune, the 
Illinois Natural History Survey had recommended protection of the Mourn- 
ing Dove. It is important that a campaign to get a bill through the next 
session of the legislature be started now and not several months before the 
next session. Such activity also has value in the promotion of ornithology 
throughout the state and in learning what organizations are interested in 
the subject. 5716 S. Stony Island Ave., Chicago 37 
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Bird Records for the Tri-Cities 
By PETER C. PETERSEN, JR. 
THE FOLLOWING REPORT contains all of my noteworthy records from the 
Moline-Rock Island-Davenport area, not including the spring field trip of 
the Illinois Audubon Society. The number and quantity are low because 
much of my field work has been done on the Iowa side of the Mississippi. 
White-fronted Goose—3 seen May 2 at Spring Lake Refuge, Savanna, I[lh- 
nois. 20X scope. 
Snow Goose and Blue Goose—6 of each species seen May 2 at Spring Lake 
Refuge. 20X scope. 
Horned Grebe—3 seen May 2 at Lock #13 near Thomson, Illinois. 20X 
scope. 
Hutchins’s Canada Goose—10 seen May 3 at Lock #14 on the Mississippi. 
Observed from Iowa side; 20X scope. 
Caspian Tern—1 seen May 9 at Spring Lake Refuge. 20X scope. 
Connecticut Warbler—1 seen May 10 at Rock Island Arsenal. 8X binocu- 
lars. 
White-crowned Sparrow—5) seen, same date and place as above. 8X binocu- 
lars. 
Carolina Wren—1 seen July 12 at Loud Thunder Forest Preserve, Andalu- 
sia, Illinois. Probably nesting because of lateness of date; no nest found. 
8X binoculars. 
Blue-winged Warbler—2 seen July 12, same area as wren. 8X binoculars. 
White Pelican—23 seen July 17 at Lake Odessa, Wappelo, Iowa, fly- 
ing toward Illinois side. 20X scope. 620 E. Thirtieth St., Davenport, Iowa 
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