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With the setting of the sun in the luminous west came the rising of 
the nearly full moon, and my devotions were easily changed from one to 
the other without priest or ritual. Perhaps many are susceptible to these 
manifestations of Nature and say less about them, but no one with appre- 
ciation can view these miracles, generally accepted as a matter of course, 
without feeling the futility of man ever attaining a pageant of color. * * * * 
Alas! and was it only yesterday that I sang my paean of praise! 
Today there is a cold north wind and a big maple chunk burns in the fire- 
place. Leaves flutter dismally to the ground and scurry about at the mercy 
of the wind. The trees look naked and shivering in the cold rain that is 
almost sleet. The dirge of autumn is sounded. 
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WITH MUCH regret we report the retirement of Professor C. W. G. Ejifrig 
from Concordia College, and his resignation as an active member of the 
Board of Directors of our Society. He has taken up his residence at 
Windermere, Orange County, Florida, and we wish Mr. and Mrs. Eifrig 
all happiness in their new home. In recognition of his long service to the 
Scciety, 14 years as its president, he has been named an Honorary Member 
of the Board of Directors. 
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LAST YEAR the Luther Burbank Pet Club of Santa Rosa, California, spon- 
sored a Christmas tree for the birds. Instead of the usual lights, tinsel and 
bright decorations, the tree was strung with prunes, suet, popcorn, fruit, 
bread crumbs, and everything birds eat—and they ate it, too. 
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The Bird Watcher in the Dunes 
By WILLIAM D. RICHARDSON 
THE BIRD observer in the Indiana dunes has the great advantage of having 
within easy range, in a comparatively narrow strip of land, a considerable 
variety of habitat groups—those of the shore, the shore dunes, the deep 
woods, the open meadows, the ponds, the forested swamps, the marshes, the 
lanes and forest-edges and the dry meadows. This diversity, coupled with 
an equivalent diversity of botanical species likewise based on the peculiar 
and varied physiography of the region, and furthermore, the geographic 
location at the head of a great body of water which affords a natural 
migration route from north to south, give the dunes a unique interest for 
the ornithologist. They have not been fenced up, they had not been built 
upon. They are still in nearly their natural condition. They were until, 
we may say, day before yesterday, a primitive, wild, abandoned strip of 
land, and naturally, in so unusual a region, one might expect something 
unusual in avian fauna. 
Have you lain in your tent all night with the June moon shining 
through, listening to the whip-poor-wills calling near and far, to the soft- 
voiced great horned owl, to the maniacal cry of the barred owl (there’s a 
