14 eH KegAyUeD ts BrOeN, BBs ria iale 
Every third year the wings are checked for DDT pesticide residue and 
mercury residue analysis. (This wasn’t the year for these checks.) 
The “‘wing-bee” helps the U. S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife 
personnel establish a count of how many birds of each species were har- 
vested during the last season and how many can be harvested safely for 
the upcoming season. 
The envelopes ask the hunters for information as to where and when 
the birds were killed, which is a help to biologists in studies of the move- 
ment patterns of the birds. 
Each year there are four “wing-bees” held throughout the United 
States, one for each of the flyways. The Mississippi Flyway is the largest 
of the four and contains the most migrating waterfowl. One-fourth of the 
continental United States is located in the 742,000 square miles which make 
up the flyway, which includes 14 states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, 
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, 
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. 
At this year’s “wing-bee,” some 23,000 duck wings were collected, 
sorted, and sexed along with 1,500 goose tail feathers. 
This most recent gathering of biologists marked the 11th annual “wing- 
bee.” The Illinois Department of Conservation was represented by game 
biologists Gary Senn of Macomb, and Dave Harper of Jerseyville. 
‘“‘Wing-bees” are the insurance to hunters of these states that they will 
always have plenty of duck and goose hunting, and that no species will 
be killed off. 
A NOTICE FROM THE EDITORS 
Six people in the Society are charged with various editorial 
and publications duties, and so members and others who have 
business in these categories are invited to correspond directly 
with the editors concerned, to wit: 
The BULLETIN is issued quarterly and is edited by D. 
William Bennett, 49 Valley Road, Highland Park 60035. 
The NEWSLETTER is issued approximately bi-monthly and 
is edited by Mrs. William Joy, P. O. Box 3, Centralia 62802. 
The FIELD NOTES Section (which appears in each BULLE- 
TIN) is assembled and edited by Elton Fawks, Route 1, Box 
112, East Moline 61244. 
Also, there is an IAS Committee on Publications, chaired 
by Paul Lobik, 22W681 Tamarack, Glen Ellyn 60137. 
Finally, the yearly Christmas Bird Census is assembled 
by Mrs. Harry C. Spitzer, 1776 Rogers Ave., Glenview 60025, 
and the lilinois Breeding Bird Survey is handled by Maryann 
Grossmann, Route 1, Box 56, Plainfield 60544. 
