NATURE NOTES - 1956
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
ASTRONOMY
Jan. 56	Bulger, Dr. Harold A.	Sundogs
Apr. 56		The Academy of Science of St. Louis has invited
		our members to attend a lecture by Mr. Donald
		H. Menzel, Director of Harvard College Observatory,
		on "What's New About the Sun?"  To be held
		April 25 at Louderman Hall, Washington University..
BOTANY
Jan. 56	Moore, George E.	The Unlovely "Stinkhorns" - Description of a
		malodorous mushroom.
Mar. 56	Petersen, Oscar	Comments on common names for plants, and
		how their use leads to confusion.  A number of
		examples.
Apr. 56		The Botany Group has two good meetings
		planned.  Waldemar Palm will show his colored
		slides of Missouri wild flowers, and Arthur Christ
		will lead a field trip to Washington State Park.
Jun. 56	Rau, Edna	Washington State Park Botany Trip, Sunday,
		April 22.  List of species observed.
Jun. 56	Petersen, Oscar	Pickel Springs and the "Lost Orchid" - Petersen
		describes the search for a "lost orchid".  He
		dug into the ground and found the roots of the
		plant.
Jun. 56		Botany Breakfast at Rockwoods, 8  AM, Sunday,
		June 24.  Come and spend some wonderful hours
		with George and Polly Moore…
Jun. 56		Report on Botany Breakfast on June 24.
Oct. 56	Rau, Edna	Rauwolfia - What's In A Name?  Much about the
		genus.
Oct. 56	Vogt, Charlotte	Autumn Flora
Nov. 56	Vogt, Charlotte	Botany at the Audubon Meeting - Report on a
		botany walk scheduled at the request of some of
		the campers.
Nov. 56		Interesting Seeds - "Hitchhikers", seeds that
		stick to you.
CONSERVATION
Jan. 56	Palm, W. A.	Conservationists Have Made Progress - List of
		recent accomplishmens  in the National Park
		System and in Wildlife Protection.
Jul-Aug 56		Bruce Dowling, Biologist at the Busch Wildlife Area,
		has been working on some Conservation Trails
		in the area, and will explain them to us in a future
		issue of Nature Notes.
HERPETOLOGY
Apr. 56	Cunningham, Richard L.	Frogs and Toads of the St. Louis Area - Compre-
		hensive coverage.
Sep. 56	Cunningham, Richard L.	The Amphibians and Reptiles of the St. Louis
		Area - A comprehensive check list
Oct. 56	Cunningham, Richard L.	Additions to the St. Louis Herp. Checklist (3 more
		species)
Oct. 56	Cunningham, Richard L.	Key to Adult Salamanders of the St. Louis Area
Nov. 56	Conyers, Rex and	Key to the Common Lizards of Missouri -
	Stevenson, James	Reprint from Wildlife Research Univ. of Missouri -
		1943
Dec. 56	Myers, Charles W.	Additions to the Herpetofauna of the St. Louis Area
Dec. 56	Conyers, Rex and	Key to the Common Toads and Frogs of Missouri
	Strephenson, James	Wildlife Institute Unit, University of Missouri
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Report of Birds
Feb. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area Birding
Feb. 56		Christmas Bird Census - St. Charles County,
		including farmland, Marais Temps Clair Marshes,
		and other location;s.  6 observers, 43 species.
		Includes list of birds seen.
Mar. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Winter Birds
Mar. 56	Cunningham, Richard L.	An Example of Possible Commensalism in Birds….
Mar. 56	Heinze, Dorothy	Birds by My Window
Apr. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Our Winter Birds
Apr. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Additional Bird Notes
May. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Spring Birds of St. Louis
May. 56	Hill, Ludlow	A Cabin in the Woods (in Jefferson County) -
		Bird observations there.
May. 56	Comfort, James F.	Dove Banding Program - The Fish and Wildlife
		Service is inaugurating a dove banding program.
		WGNSS members holding banding licenses are
		Lud Hill, Marshall Magner, Bruce Dowling, and
		James F. Comfort.
Jun. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Birds of the Good Old Summer Time
Jun. 56	Kelly, William Neal	Birding on a Farm - Excerpts from a letter to
		Marshall Magner.  Neal was a former member and
		Past-President of St. Louis Audubon Society
Jul-Aug 56	Comfort, J. Earl	May Birding
Jul-Aug 56	Grace, Patty	Ornithology Group Meeting - Held in Rex Conyers'
		classroom at the University City High School,
		April 28.
Jul-Aug 56	Taylor, Lanier	A Trip  Into Cranetown, Reelfoot Lake, Tiptonville,
		Tennessee - A visit to a rookery.
Jul-Aug 56	Cunningham, Richard L.	A Zoological Trip to Reelfoot Lake - By the
		combined Field Zoology, Ecology and Ornithology
		classes at Southern Illinois University, May 26,
		1956.  Report on trip.  Discussion of birds seen.
		List of vertebrate species seen included.
Jul-Aug 56	Vogt, Charlotte	June Ornithology Meeting - Discussion of bird
		banding by James Comfort, Mildred and George
		Graff, and Dick Grossenheider.
Sep. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Warblers of the St. Louis Area
Sep. 56	Vogt, Charlotte	The Park is My Back Yard
Sep. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Summer Birding
Sep. 56	Comfort, James F.	Audubon Meeting - Will be held Saturday and
		Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14 at the Lake of the Ozark
		Park.  The Burroughs Club of Kansas City will
		act as host this year.
Oct. 56		St. Louis Audubon on KETC - A Program,
		"Adventure at Your Door" is the presentation
		given to the one hour program by Mrs. Oscar
		Thalinger on Oct. 9
Oct. 56		St. Louis Audubon Society Bird Walk, Creve
		Coeur Lake, 8 AM, Friday, Nov. 16.  Meet at the
		restaurant at the foot of the hill.
Oct. 56		Reminder about the Audubon Meeting, Oct. 13-14.
Nov. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Fall Birds of the St. Louis Area
Nov. 56		St. Louis Audubon Society Bird Walk, Creve
		Coeur Lake, 8 AM, Friday, Nov. 16.  Meet at the
		restaurant at the foot of the hill.
Dec. 56	Schainker, Larry and	An Autumn Bird Walk - Bird walk at Beaumont
	Barnholtz, Steven	Scout Reservation
Dec. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	Autumn Birds of the St. Louis Area
Dec. 56		Annual Christmas Bird Census, Sunday, Dec. 30,
		at the Busch Wildlife Area, Weldon Springs.
		The twelve parties will meet at the main entrance
		at 7:45 AM and depart on the census at 8 AM.
PEOPLE
Jan. 56		Mr. & Mrs. Dick Anderson became the proud
		parents of Dianne Kay on Nov. 25th
Feb. 56	Petersen, Oscar	Biographical information about Julian Steyermark
		and Richard Grossenheider.
Mar. 56		The Hofsommers won the Schawacker Bowl
		for outstanding work in orchid raising.  Mrs.
		Hofsommer's picture of a purple finch feeding at
		their feeder was in the Sunday Magazine of the
		Post-Dispatch on Feb. 26
Apr. 56		Congratulations, Mr. Petersen - Wins the St.
		Louis Audubon's Society's Conservation Award as
		an amateur botanist.  The following week he was
		honored again with St. Louis Audubon's annual
		award for work in conservation.  He was cited for
		discovering many rare plants in Missouri and for
		inspiring many young amateurs to work in the
		field of botany.
Apr. 56		Mr. Adolph Dreyer Dies - A long time member
		of WGNSS died on March 15.  An amateur
		geologist, he contributed many articles on
		geology to Nature Notes.  Also an outstanding
		nature photographer.
May. 56		Congratulations to Kurt and Bonnie Wesseling on
		the birth of a daughter, Cynthia Lea, born April 15.
May. 56		Word has been received of another little girl,
		Libby Jane Koapuiki, born April 14 in Honolulu,
		Hawaii, to Joe and Jane Koapuiki.  Older members
		will remember the mother as Jane Gallagher.
MISCELLANEOUS
Feb. 56	Petersen, Oscar	Glimpses of the Past - Memories of WGNSS and
		two prominent members:  Julian Steyermark and
		Richard Grossenheider; bio. Information about
		both.
Feb. 56	McDonald, John	List of books for winter reading by naturalists when
		weather keeps them indoors.  Twelve suggested
		titles given.
Feb. 56	Couch, Mrs. M. C.	Tabula Rasa - Tells how to interest young children
		in natural history.
Mar. 56	McDonald, John	Book Notes - More books of interest to naturalists.
		Six titles with mini-reviews given.
Apr. 56	Hodgson, James S.	A Mountain Man Takes a Quick Look at the
		Everglades (Pt. 1)
May. 56	Hodgson, James S.	A Mountain Man Takes a Quick Look at the
		Everglades (Pt. 2)
Jun. 56		Staff for Wisconsin Audubon Camp announced.
Sep. 56		International Union for the Protection of Nature -
		Exerpts from their Bulletin.
Oct. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	We Visit the Rockies (Pt. 1)
Oct. 56		Nature is Threatened - In New Zealand (Reprinted
		from the Bulletin of the International Union for the
		Protection of Nature.
Nov. 56	Comfort, J. Earl	We Visit the Rockies (Pt. 2)
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 56	Editor	Expresses thanks for the good response to
		his request for more material for Nature Notes.
		Permits him to put out a more varied issue.
Mar. 56		The Membership Chairman, Julian Neill, is pre-
		paring a leaflet to be given to prospective members.
		He would like short statements from members on
		"What the WGNSS has meant to me".
May. 56		The following slate of officers was proposed by the
		nominating committee and elected by those
		present:
		President - Rex Conyers
		1st. VP - Eugene Rosenbloom
		2nd VP - Julian Neill
		Secretary - Mr. Waldemar Palm
		Treasurer - Florence (Mrs. James F.) Comfort
		Editor - Charlotte Vogt
		Curator of Properties - Robert Hall
MEETINGS
Jan. 56		Monthly Census at Weldon Springs, Sunday,
		January 8.  Meet at the main gate at 8 AM.  The
		regular routes will be followed.
Feb. 56		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Feb. 10,
		at Webster Groves Public Library.  This will be
		the annual showing of slides.  Bring your friends;
		lots of room.
Mar. 56		Monthly Census at Weldon Springs, Sunday,
		March 11, 8 AM.  Meet at the brick school
		house at the entrance on Hwy. 94.  Regular routes
		will be covered.
Mar. 56		WGNSS General and Botany Meeting, 6:30 PM,
		Friday, March 16, at the home of Mr. & Mrs.
Mar. 56		Waldemar Palm.  The purpose of the meeting is
		to honor the 91st birthday of Oscar Petersen, which
		was March 1.  Movies of Africa will be shown after
		the dinner.
Apr. 56		Annual Meeting of WGNSS will be held on Friday,
		April 13.  All officers should bring their reports to
		be read, and officers for the new year will be
		elected.  Our speaker of the evening will be Col.
		George W. Hunter, III, who will speak on "The
		Relationship of Birds to Disease."  The meeting
		will be held at the Magner home, 516 Bacon Ave.,
		Webster Groves.
Apr. 56		Monthly Census at Weldon Springs, Sunday,
		April 5.  Meet at the school at the entrance to
		Hwy. 94.
May. 56		Annual Meeting - Speaker canceled out at the
		last minute.  Various members showed slides.
		Officers for the coming year were elected; see
		the Administrative Section.
May. 56		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, May 11,
		at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Joel Massie, 6 Indian
		Hill, Ladue.   The program to be announced.
May. 56		Camping Field Trip to Cuivre River State Park,
		Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20.
May. 56		Mountain Climbing in St. Louis - The speaker for
		the May. 56 general meeting was Dr. Harold
		Bulger, who talked about the restoration of the Old
		Court House.
Jun. 56		WGNSS General Meeting, 6:30 PM, Friday,
		June 8.  Picnic Supper at Fogerty Park, University
		City.  Film program to be announced.  Rex and
		Mrs. Conyers will serve beverages.
Jun. 56		Monthly Census at Weldon Springs, Sunday,
		June 10.  Meet at main gate at  8 AM.
Jun. 56		Report on June 8 General Meeting.  32 members
		attended.
Jun. 56	Bedell, Beulah	Monthly Census at Weldon Springs, Sunday,
		Aug. 12.  8 AM.  Come and make a day of it.
Jul-Aug 56		Monthly Census at the Busch Wildlife Area,
		Weldon Springs.  Meet at the main gate at 8 AM.
Sep. 56		WGNSS General Meeting - Moon Migration
		Meeting at Busch Wildlife Area, 8 PM, Friday,
		Sept. 21.  Bring a picnic supper to eat ahead of
		time at the Dowlings.
Nov. 56		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 9,
		at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Joel Massie, 6 Indian
		Hill, Ladue.  Mr. Dick Grossenheider will comment
		on his trip to Alaska.
Nov. 56		Monthly Census at the Busch Wildlife Area,
		Weldon Springs, Sunday, Nov. 11.  Meet at the
		main gate at 8 AM.
Dec. 56		Monthly Bird Census at the Busch Wildlife Area,
		Weldon Springs, Sunday, Dec. 9. Meet at the
		main gate at 8 AM.
Dec. 56		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Dec.
		14, at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Joel Massie.
		Christmas party.  Program to be arranged.