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From the President to the Members 
Now THAT WINTER, the season of the white death, is upon us once 
more, let us actively think of our feathered protegés. By actively we 
mean doing something, not only thinking about it. Sunflower, hemp, 
and millet seed will nearly anywhere in Illinois attract cardinals to the 
feeding-shelf, even if it is on a window-sill. These seeds and baby- 
chick feed will attract other birds as well. Suet on tree-trunks will be 
a boon to woodpeckers, nuthatches and others. When sleet and ice 
over the snow menace the game birds, especially our chubby little bob- 
white, cracked corn and table scraps may prove their life-saver. In 
our office in the Academy of Sciences may be seen and ordered fine 
feeding devices for birds, both for summer and winter. 
Then let every Audubon member also think of helping the society 
by trying to win new members for it. We need them sorely, as our 
membership has been sadly reduced by the years of depression. Let 
each of us try to get at least one new member. Let us think of our 
goal: A permanent field-man traveling up and down in the state, speak- 
ing, organizing, kindling enthusiasm. 
What else is there to do? Much! Here are several objectives: 
1. Work toward getting a non-partisan, non-political commission of 
conservation in Illinois, headed by a man trained for such work, as 
they have in other states. 
2. Write letters to our newspapers and legislators in Springfield 
and, if necessary in Washington, to extend more protection to our wild- 
fowl, shorten the open season, declare a closed season on threatened spe- 
cies, such as prairie chicken, woodcock and others, especially remove the 
mourning dove from the list of game birds. It is a shame for Ili- 
nois to allow the shooting of this lovely species and to allow it by 
September first, when many of them still have unfledged young in the 
nest. 
3. Report flagrant and continuing infractions of the game and 
bird-protection laws to the police, game wardens, or to the Depart- 
ment of Conservation in Springfield. If that does not bring results, 
write to the Biological Survey at Washington, which has wardens also 
in Illinois. 
Let us do something for the birds! 
Winter Walks 
By DR. ALFRED LEWY 
TO THE LOVER of the out-of-doors the cold and rough weather has 
its compensations, for it is then that the less common winter vis- 
itants may be seen. I remember the thrill many years ago when for 
the first time I saw the evening grosbeaks. It was in Jackson Park. 
They were very approachable and, I thought, beautiful. Since I later 
saw them once, together with Ed Ford, in the brighter yellow breed- 
ing plumage, I know how beautiful they really can be. One winter 
the Bohemian waxwings in considerable numbers also visited Jackson 
