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Also he held a cherished honorary membership bestowed upon him by the 
Izaak Walton League. Those, too, whose particular concern is the preserva- 
tion of the living bird knew our friend for more than thirty years as Bird 
Lore’s councilor for Illinois. 
Object of his chief concern through the later years of his active life 
was the Benjamin T. Gault Bird Sanctuary, between Main Street and 
Forest Avenue in Glen Ellyn. The Glen Ellyn Park Board had purchased 
the property for the purpose in 1932 and Mr. Gault was placed in charge 
of its development and management. There he planned and tended, erected 
bird houses and bird baths, provided food and nesting material, counted his 
charges and had who knows what happy memories of a thousand other 
encounters in other days with others of their kind. 
Some years ago Mr. Stephen S. Gregory, Jr., of Winnetka, for long 
Mr. Gault’s fellow member in several societies, purchased his excellent 
collection of bird skins. His books were given, appropriately, to the Glen 
Ellyn Library, his dust hes in Forest Hill, and his memory in the hearts 
of all who knew the wise, the kindly old naturalist, Ben Gault of Glen Ellyn. 
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Annual Meeting at Springfield 
THE THIRD annual meeting of the Illinois Audubon Society was held at 
Springfield on Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3, our hosts being the 
Springfield Nature League. 
Saturday morning the meeting was called to order in Washington Park 
Pavilion, where the greeting of the League to its guests was extended by 
their president, Mr. Anton Tomasek. Bill Robertson gave a very interesting 
report of a bird nesting census which he had undertaken last year. He 
covered two areas with various types of habitat and found several resident 
species that were unusual for the region. 
Dean J. C. McCaffrey, of Springfield Junior College, speaking of 
“Birds in the Laboratory,” called attention to the modifications of the 
skeleton in birds to meet the requirements of their life, to the arrangement 
of air sacs which supplement the very inadequate lung capacity, and to the 
greatly modified digestive system which permits the taking of hard shelled 
seeds and other unusual foods. He brought out a side of bird study with 
which most students are but vaguely acquainted. 
Gilbert Wright, of the Illinois State Museum, illustrated “Bird Taxi- 
dermy in the Modern Museum” with slides of some of the processes of 
preparing bird skins for exhibition. He also showed some of the outstanding 
exhibits in several of our great museums. 
After a luncheon served in the Pavilion, the Rev. George M. Link, 
naturalist at Pere Marquette State Park, led a field trip through the Lake 
Springfield Wildlife Sanctuary. At the end of the walk Father Link gave 
a most helpful talk on “How to Remember Bird Songs.” 
A dinner was served at the Elk’s Club Saturday evening at which our 
Vice-President, Mrs. W. D. Richardson, presided. A greeting and message 
