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from the President, Dr. R. M. Strong, who was unable to be present, was 
given by C. O. Decker. Mrs. Richardson then introduced Dr. Howard K. 
Gloyd, Director of the Museum of Natural History of the Chicago Academy 
of Sciences, who related some of the experiences of an expedition in the 
field in his talk on “Wild Life of Arizona Deserts.” The lecture was illus- 
trated with motion pictures in color of the birds, plants, insects and small 
mammals of the desert country. 
A very fair delegation met at 5:30 on Sunday morning and spent two 
hours in Oak Ridge Cemetery listening to the early morning chorus and 
checking each other on identifications of bird songs, and of the birds them- 
selves. At 9:30 the entire group drove to New Salem State Park, the 
restored village which contains so many reminders of the early life of 
Abraham Lincoln. Most of the party again joined in a bird hike, while a 
few made the rounds of the village. Dinner was served at the Wagon 
Wheel Inn and the meeting came to a close. 
We can only be sorry that conservation of rubber kept some of our 
members away from a most delightful and instructive meeting. No greeting 
could have been warmer than that we received, and no effort was spared to 
see that we enjoyed our stay. The local committee under the chairmanship 
of Mrs. Guy E. Bonney carried out a well-planned program without a 
single failure, and those who were present were loud in their appreciation 
of a very happy two days spent with our friends of the Springfield Nature 
League. 
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A CAPACITY audience of about 275 members and friends of the Illinois 
Audubon Society heard Dr. Alfred M. Bailey deliver a lecture on “Color 
in the Southwest” at the Academy of Sciences on the evening of Wednesday, 
April 15. The colored film that he showed was taken last year in Arizona 
and Utah, and, in addition to the birds, lizards, and plantlife, included a 
visit to the great meteorite crater in northern Arizona, the south rim of the 
Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon. The pictures were of the high quality 
that we have come to expect from Dr. Bailey, and we are only sorry that 
all of our members could not be present to enjoy them. 
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SHORTLY BEFORE Christmas a group of bird students visiting Morton 
Arboretum, near Lisle, Ill, were so fortunate as to find a pair of little 
saw-whet owls. While the remainder of the group kept the attention of the 
owls by motions and sounds, Karl Bartel succeeded in working his way up 
to them from behind and picked them off the branches with his hands. 
Seymour Levy banded one of them, but Karl had not brought bands along 
with him, so decided to take the other bird home to Blue Island and band 
it there. On the way he very thoughtfully stopped in to show his prize to 
some friends. One lady, not an ornithologist, became very much interested, 
and the next day at the office told all of her friends about the unusual 
experience. One of them asked her “What did you say they called it?” 
“A hack-saw owl,” said she! Mr. Bartel returned the owl to the Arboretum 
and its mate the following day. 
