NATURE NOTES - 1929/30
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
ASTRONOMY
Nov. 29		Among the November Stars
Nov. 29	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Variable Stars Observed at Minimum
Dec. 29	Lange, R. C. and Vogel,	Astronomy Group Observes Jupiter
	Pierre A.
Dec. 29	Astronomy Group0	To Owners of Field Glasses:  They can be just as useful in
		observing stars as birds.  Bring them to the next Astronomy
		meeting.
Feb. 30		Unusual Observations (of the planet Mercury)
Apr. 30	Espy Jay	Photographing the coming April eclipses.  Gives schedules for
		forthcoming lunar and solar eclipses
Apr. 30	Sol and Luna	Observe Eclipse with Group:  Come to meeting of Astronomy
		Group on April 12 and observe the eclipse with the group.
May. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	The Present Evening Star
Jun. 30	Espy Jay	Lunar Photography
Jul. 30	Jones, Sterling P.	What Star is That?  How to identify all of the first magnitude stars
		with reference only to Ursa Major and the Orion Constellations.
Aug. 30		The First Magnitude Stars
Sep. 30		From a Hilltop at Allenton:  A night's observation from
		the top of Schnedelbach's "little mountain".
Oct. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Double Stars
Nov. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Spring or Fall?  Astronomically the outing of Oct. 18-19 was a
		failure because of bad weather, including sleet and snow.
Nov. 30		Those interested should read the article about Eros in the
		November issue of Nature Magazine.  This little planet will be visible
		during the coming winter.  Another chance won't come until 1975.
Dec. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	How to Observe Eros
BOTANY
Nov. 29	Mimosa	In November Woods
Nov. 29	Heinze, Albert	Plant Names:  Names often illustrate some prominent feature of
		plant, sudh as trillium (leaf type) and Sanguinaria (the blood-red
		root)
Dec. 29	Mimosa	Nature's Christmas (how Nature decorates the woods for
		Christmas with colorful berries)
Feb. 30	Messrs. Peterson & Heinze	Wild Flowers in November (at Imperial)
Mar.30	Mimosa	Afield in February:  Early wildflowers found in bloom
Apr. 30	Steyermark, Julian	Winter Observations at the (Shaw's) Garden
May. 30	Heinze, Albert	Botanical Observations at the Ranken Estate, March 23, 1930.
Sep. 30	Heinze, Albert	A  Resurrection Fern:  Found at two locations on botanical trip.
Oct. 30	Boyer, Dorothy	Found, A New Missourian - Borago officinalis (Linn.)
Nov. 30	Boyer, Dorothy A.	Return Engagement?  Spring blooming plants found blooming in
		October?  Unusual weather a factor?
Dec. 30	Ellison, Mary Louise	A Nature Hike of Interest, Pt. 1
CONSERVATION
Nov. 29	Vogel, Pierre, A.	Where Two Wrongs Made a Right:  Introduction of carp into lake
		almost eliminated populatin of game fish; drainage of lake
		created a swamp.  Eventually another lake formed, with no carp
		and a good game fish population.
ENTOMOLOGY
Nov. 29		Large Group of  Ant Lions Near Cabin (discovered by Mr.
		Sattterthwait)
Nov. 29	O'Byrne, Harold I.	Contents of Spider Webs.  (Species of butterflies and moths found
		in a web)
Nov. 29	Pinkus, L. F.	A Spider Bite:  Symptoms of bite by a spider, Oligectenus
Dec. 29	Mueller, A. E.	Third Insect Collecting Contests:  Details
Jan. 30	Meiners, Dr. E. P.	The Butterfly and Insect Show.  Held at the St. Louis Public
		Library during this past month.  Fifteen exhibitors.  Mr.
		Satterthwait exhibited a box of insects.  Marian Beecher and
		Billy Brandhorst showed what juveniles can accomplish.
Feb. 30	Brandhorst, Billy	Collecting Butterflies and Moths; collection made at DesLoge
		(Writer was a winner in the insect collection contest last year)
Mar. 30		Will Assist Entrants in Insection Collection Contests:  Long list of
		names, e.g., A. F. Satterthwait, Coleoptera, Hemiptera; Dr. E. P.
		Meiners, Lepidoptera
Mar. 30	Beecher, Marian	My Mistake:  Mistook cecropia moth for a leaf.
Mar. 30		Articles in recent publications about the glow worm and article by
		Harold O'Byrne on "The Night Flight of Diurnal Butterflies".
Mar. 30	Lang, R. C.	Offers to pay 5 cents apiece for a long list of cutworm species.
May. 30	Rau, Phil	Evolution of Wasps' Nesting Habits
Jun. 30	Espy Jay	Curiiosity Killed A --  Cricket:  Member watched a  cricket concert
		by flashlight, but cricket died as a result.
Jul. 30	Anderson, Elmer	Frog-hopper seen at meeting of Junior Group and identified by Mrs.
		Pickens.
Jul. 30	Espy Jay	The Snowy Tree Cricket:  The cricket mentioned in the June article
		about curiosity killing a cricket was this kind (Aecanthus niveus),
		not its dark-complected relative that chirps so shrilly from the
		ground.
Aug. 30	Meiners, Dr. E. P.	Sugaring for Moths:  A method for capturing moths.
Aug. 30	O'Byrne, Harold I.	A Strange Destroyer of Butterflies:  A bug, probably a Hemiptera,
		relied on coloration the same as the background to help it capture
Aug. 30		butterflies.
Aug. 30		Wasps--Fierce Toward Aliens--Welcome Strangers of Own Species
Sep. 30	O'Byrne, Harold I.	A Record Butterfly Year:  A listing of rarities seen this summer.
Nov. 30		Instinct:  The Sept. meeting of the Entomology Group was devoted
		to this subject.
Nov. 30	Boyer, Dorothy A.	The Battle of the Jelly Glass:  A battle between a large red ant and
		a beetle twice her size in a cage.
Dec. 30		See The Insect Show This Month:  The Second Annual insect
		Show sponsored by the St. Louis Entomological Club will be on
		display at the Central Public Library from Dec. 6 until the end of
		the month.
GEOLOGY
Mar. 30	Boyer, Daisy P.	The Mississippi Valley's Treasures:  Fossils, Crinoid stems, coral
		embedded in limestone, and mastodon bones.
May. 30	Steyermark, Julian	Exploration of a Rcently Discovered Cave (in Jefferson County,
		near Antonia)
HERPETOLOGY
Dec. 29	Hubricht, Leslie	Observations Made at Ranken:  Snails, primitive bivalve Crustacea,
		and bull-frogs
Apr. 30	Hubricht, Leslie	The Temporary Pools - Check temporary pools at Meramec
		Highlands for their strange but beautiful inhabitants.
Jul. 30		Snails of the same species from the different springs at Rankin
		show noticeable differences.  Who will try to find out why?
Oct. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart	Life in a Man-Made Cave (near Mincke, St. Louis County)
NATURE MELODY GROUP
Jul. 30		This group was formed at a meeting on June 2.  Mrs. A. F.
		Satterthwait was elected Chairman and Miss Harriet Tatman as
		Secretary.
ORNITHOLOGY
Nov. 29	Jones, Anne	Feeding Our Friends, The Birds
Nov. 29	Jones, Anne	Humming and Blue Birds
Dec. 29	Satterrthwait, Mrs. A. F.	Christmas Possibilities:  Birds most likely to be observed at our
		feeder at 118 Waverly Place, Webster Groves, during the eleven
		years we've lived there.
Dec. 29	Jones, Sterling P.	A Winter Shelter House for Birds (is described)
Jan. 30		Bird Banding Meetings.  The Inland Bird Banding Assn. held its
		annual meeting in St. Louis.  Two of our own, Mrs. A. F.
		Satterthwait and Ralph Swain presented papers.
Feb. 30	Fitz-Gerald, Mary E.	On the Joys of Feeding Birds
Feb. 30	Swain, Ralph	Christmas Bird Census of the St. Louis Bird Club in the St.
		Charles region; statistics reported.
Feb. 30		Shattered Ideals:  Bird banding has shown that birds down's stay
		mated for life, as least wrens and robins don't.  Why don't the
		bird banders keep these nasty facts to themselves?!
Feb. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Banding a Bird:  Watching Mrs. Satterthwait band a white-breasted
		nuthatch.
Mar. 30	Espy Jay	Coming!!! (Spring)  Time to prepare bird houses.
Apr. 30	Steyermark, Julian	Winter Observations at the (Shaw's) Gardens
May. 30	Stones, Hattie	A Cardinal Talks
Nov. 30	Aves	One Plus One Equals One! Observation of the meeting of two flocks
		of gees, which after some confusion, merged and became one flock.
Dec. 30		A Christmas Request (from a Birds Committee to Boys and Girls
		in the Group for a Christmas tree decorated with edibles for birds)
Dec. 30		(The Satterthwaits) Bands an Oven Bird (that came into a trap at
		118 Waverly Place)
Dec. 30		Bird Meetings in Cleveland:  The Wilson Ornithological Club will
		meet on Dec. 29 and 30 and the Inland Bird Banding Assn. on
		Dec. 31
PHOTOGRAPHY
Mar. 30		Hints for good photographs.
PEOPLE
Apr. 30		Congratulations to A. F. Satterthwait for his election to the
		presidency of the St. Louis Academy of Science.
Jun. 30		At The Boy Scout Encampment:  Webster Groves Boy Scouts
		held a week-end encampment, May 3 and 4 on the Holekamp
		Farm at Hillsboro.  Nature study was an important feature of the
		program, and WGNSS leaders Alfred Satterthwait, Oscar
		Petersen, Albert Heinze, and Harold O'Byrne assisted.  At Night
		Stuart O'Byrne lead a discussion on the constellations.
Jul. 30	Petersen, Oscar	Whispers from Nature (a poem)
	(The Vagabond Dreamer)
,MISCELLANEOUS
May. 30	Pickens, Katherine	The Juniors Visit the Zoo
Jun. 30		In Ancient Egypt - Animals, birds and insects portrayed in
		Egyptian wall paintings
ADMINISTRATIVE
Nov. 29	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	What Is A Paper Without a Name? Ideas for name invited.
Nov. 29	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Help Wanted.  To make this paper useful, we need your
Dec. 29		cooperation, criticism and suggestiions.
Dec. 29	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Concerning Our Paper:  We've received one good suggestions; keep
		them coming.
Jan. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Here They Are:  Names for Me!  Let me know your choice of the
		names that have been suggested for our new paper:
		Nature Notes.  Our Little World.  Round Table.  Ain't Nature Grand?
		Nature Lore.  The Nature Chronicle.  The Synoptic.  The
		Naturescope.  Earth and Sky.  Seeing Nature.  Naturescopic
		News.  The Field Glass.
Feb. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Named at Last.  We've decided on "Nature Notes" as the name for
		the bulletiin of the Webster Groves Nature Society.  Thanks to Mrs.
		C. A. Fitz-Gerald for the name.
Apr. 30		Index, first six issues of Nature Notes, Nov. 1929 to April 1930
Jun. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Nature Notes has taken an important place in the work of the
		Webster Groves Nature Study Society.  We've gained new
		members through its publication.  Get your material ready and
		send it to the editor.
Jun. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	The Lodge:  The Lodge Housewarming came too late to get a
		report on it in this month's issue.  Watch for it next month.
Nov. 30	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	The closing date for Nature Notes articles has been changed from
		the 20th to the 15th of the month.
MEETINGS
Feb.30		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Feb. 7, at the U. S.
		Entomological Laboratory, 527 Ivanhoe Pl.., Webster Groves.
		Mr. & Mrs. Satterthwai and Prof. L. M. Dougan of St. Louis will
		report on the annual convention of the American Nature--Study
		Society and other meetings of the American Association for the
		Advancement of Science held recently in Des Moines, Iowa.
Apr. 30		WGNSS Annual meeting and Election of Officers, 8 PM, Friday,
		April 4, at the Jones Residence, 690 Bonita Ave., Webster
		Groves.
Jun. 30		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, June 6, at the U. S.
		Entomologidal Laboratory.  Prof. John H. Conrad of the John
		Burroughs School will read Nature Poems.
Sep. 30		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Sept. 5, at the
		Laboratory, 527 Ivanhoe Place, Webster Groves.  Dr. Meiners and
		Mr. Vogel will show movies made on their vacations.
Oct. 30		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Saturday, Oct. 4, at the U.S.
		Entomological Laboratory, Webster Groves.  The Insect
		Collections of the contestants in the 1930 contest, just closed,
		will be on display.  Prizes will be awarded.
Oct. 30		Bird Song Recital for members and friends will be held in the
		Webster Groves High School Auditorium on Monday evening, Oct.
		20   Edward Avis, nationally known "Bird Mimic" will give his bird
		song recital.
Nov. 30		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 7, at the
		Entomologidal Laboratory.  Henry M. Kennon, in charge of bird
		houses at the Zoo in Forest Park, will tell about the new bird house
		and the tropical birds to be seen there.
Dec. 30		WGNSs General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Dec. 5, at the U. S.
		Entomological Laboratory.  Mrs. Satterthwait will show and
		describe "Pictures in the Poconos of Pennsylvania".
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Jul. 30		Housewarming at the Lodge;  On weather-perfect day of May 25, 85
		or more members and guests spent the day at the opening of the
		new lodge.  Dr. Brandhorst was in charge of arrangements for the
		day.  The Astronomy, Geology, Botany and Bird groups each had
		programs under a leader.  Interesting reports for each group.