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in full swing. We hope that all of you will have enjoyed Roger Tory Peter- 
son’s “Wild America,” to be presented on November 28. Other important 
dates to remember are January 9, 1955, when Alfred G. Etter will tell “A 
Missouri Story,” and February 27, when that wonderful bird imitator, 
Bert Harwell, brings us the next in his series — this time, “Canada North.” 
As usual, the lectures will be in James Simpson theater, the Chicago Mu- 
seum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive, on Sun- 
days at 2:30 p.m. Admission is always free. 
Thanks to the Bureau Valley Bird Club of Princeton, Ill. for sending us 
a copy of their interesting Newsletter. An affiliate of the I. A. S., the 
Bureau Club is participating in bird population counts for the Patuxent 
Research Refuge, and has an active Audubon Junior group program. They 
reported exceptionally good counts of migrants during our warm autumn 
weather, and are making plans for their usual thorough Christmas Census. 
Our Honorary Vice-President, Mrs. Margaret M. Nice, continues her 
record as most prolific author in our Society. Her scholarly monograph, 
“Problems of Incubation Periods in North American Birds,” was printed 
in The Condor, Vol. 56, No. 4, July-August, 1954, pp. 173-197. In the same 
magazine, her article on “The Earliest Mention of Territory” appeared in 
Vol. 55, No. 6, Nov.-Dec., 1953, pp. 316-317. Meanwhile her daughter, Miss 
Constance Nice, had her article on “Bird Babes of Delta Marsh” published 
in Nature Magazine, June-July, 1954, Vol. 47, No. 6. This was illustrated 
with line drawings by Mrs. Nice. 
We greet the following new members who have joined our ranks in the 
period from May through August, 1954: 
Mrs. Fern H. Anderson, Batavia Mrs. K. K. Lilien, Barrington 
Norman Barka, Chicago (xy T. Nelson Metcalf, Chicago 
Mrs. Dorothy Ericson, Chicago ; ‘Mrs. Irene Mostek, Chicago 
Prof. R. Maurice Myers, Macomb 
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: Mrs. William H. Short, 
Cyral Gordon, Chicago Weaternicpies 
Miss Ruth Kilbourn, Chicago Mra PagliG@u Vetoes 
Robert P. Kirby, Decatur Western Springs — 
William H. Esselmont, Chicago 
Madeline Dorosheff of the Springfield Nature League, one of the leaders 
two years ago in the fight to take the Mourning ‘Dove off the hunting list 
in Illinois, is the author of an article in the November, 1954 issue of Nature 
Magazine, pp. 481-483. In her revealing and disturbing story, she tells the 
events behind the defeat of the Mourning Dove bill. It gives us something 
to think about as we prepare for a new battle in the coming session of the 
Illinois Legislature. 
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The Conservation News recently described a new “bug” with whom many 
of us are unfortunately familiar. “Many times larger than the tiny virus 
bug is that dangerous giant, the litterbug. It attacks people by throwing 
garbage and trash on their lawns, public roads, parks, and beaches. It is 
a considerable nuisance. Steps are being taken by various groups to re- 
duce the numbers of these bugs.” 
