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Roger Tory Peterson’s Guide to the Western Birds was of great aid in 
naming species. For local lists I found Ira Gabrielson and Jewett’s Birds 
of Oregon, 1940 of value. Florence M. Bailey’s Handbook of Birds of 
Western U.S. has been a must in Western bird study since 1905. Finley’s 
Birds of Oregon gave great delight as we sought to identify the uncommon 
native birds of the great Northwest. 
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Sereen Tours in Review 
THE PAST SEASON was memorable for the unusual lectures the Society pre- 
sented in the Chicago Natural History Museum. As a means of reducing 
expenses, the Directors decided to contract for only three Audubon Screen 
Tours, with the thought that the rest of the program could be filled by 
local talent. The scheme did not work as well as expected, since it was far 
harder to unearth the required “talent” than anyone had expected. Never- 
theless, the five lectures shown represented the most varied and absorbing 
talks we have enjoyed in many years. 
Allan Cruickshank came first, showing his color movie on “Santa Lucia 
Sea Cliffs,” on November 1, 1953. His pictures of the rugged California 
coast included such remarkable birds as the arctic tern, long-billed curlew, 
golden eagle, and others. Next, on January 17, 1954, Ernest P. Edwards 
showed “Land of the Scarlet Macaw,” a record of his expedition into the 
back country of Mexico by jeep to find and photograph natives as well as 
bird life. Then, on February 28, came one of the “bonus” programs — 
Conrad J. Albrecht with his unforgettable pictures of life in the frozen 
wastes above the Arctic circle. We believe he is the first photographer to 
record the Northern Lights on Kodachrome. 
The fourth program, and third Screen Tour, on March 14, presented 
Tom and Arlene Hadley in ‘‘America the Beautiful,” a naturalist’s travelog 
of our country from coast to coast, with many absorbing side excursions. 
Last, on April 25, and most memorable, were Cleveland Grant’s pictures of 
nesting birds of the Western Plains, including detailed close-ups of a long- 
suffering male avocet and a complete history of the development of young 
Swainson’s hawks. Then followed an intensely interesting “short subject” 
— the Sierra Club’s movie of Dinosaur Monument and Echo Park, with its 
haunting musical score and thrilling trip down the raging cascades of the 
Green river. When the camera showed the depressing vistas of drowned 
canyons, billboards and beer halls at older dam projects, we knew why we 
are fighting to prevent the building of Echo Park Dam. 
Arrangements have already been completed for next winter’s Screen 
Tours, but the program will not be announced until the September issue. 
Needless to say, there will be five regular lectures from the National Audu- 
bon Society this time — your Directors have had enough scurrying about 
to find “replacement lecturers” at the last moment! And now that the in- 
