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November will bring to us one new to our platform, Edward M. 
Brigham, Jr., Director of Kingman Memorial Museum in Battle Creek, Mich. 
In January, 1946, we shall again welcome Wesley F. Kubichek, who is 
in charge of the Section of Visual Information, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior. 
Dr. Miles D. Pirnie, Director of W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, 
Michigan State College, will appear in February. 
Our long-time friend, Dr. Alfred M. Bailey, Director of the Colorado 
Museum of Natural History, will again be with us in March; and the 
speaker for a final lecture in April will be announced later. 
Detailed notices of these various events will be sent to our members as 
has been the custom, and you and your friends will be welcomed at the 
Chicago Academy of Sciences, 2001 North Clark Street, where all lectures 
will be given. A a a 
A Word from Overseas 
A LETTER HAS BEEN RECEIVED from Pfc. Alfred H. Reuss, of Blue Island, 
whose bird-banding reports from the Palos region have been missed since 
his induction into the armed service. Following are some extracts which 
will be interesting to his friends here. ; 
Hello folks: “Eining, Germany, July 31, 1945. 
.... 1am way over here in Germany at present, but even so far away 
the bold letters “Illinois Audubon Society” sure look good. I may be home 
in October to attend at least one of the fall meetings if we don’t ship CBI 
direct. We are at present at Seekirchen See at Henndorf, Austria, about 
15 miles from Salzburg. You will see it on the maps of Austria. I am a 
truck driver, 2% ton, for our Battalion Supply, and travel about quite a 
bit. Some trips are 500 to 1,000 miles, and we are on the road for a week 
getting supplies. I have seen almost all of the big towns and cities, and 
they certainly are in bad shape. I have taken pictures, but film is very 
searce. 
Well, for the birds: I have seen quite a few in England, France, 
Germany and Austria. However I still haven’t been successful in obtaining 
a book with their right names, but have my own. When we were in Alsace 
I saw several storks; they were just coming back there when we left on a 
wild goose chase after the Heinies. Barn swallows, skylarks, chimney 
swifts, seem to be the most abundant birds in the territories where we have 
been; chickadees are also common most everywhere. There are a lot of 
lakes all over in Germany and Austria, but I have seen only three or four 
ducks, no sandpipers or water birds, and very few hawks or owls. I have 
seen more birds in England than any other place. 
Let’s hear from some of you. It really would be swell. Well, it is 
almost dark and time to crawl into the pup tent. We are living in pup 
tents for a week, but will be back to Henndorf next Sunday. There we 
have cots. As ever, 
ALFRED. H. REUSS.” 
