NATURE NOTES - 1931
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
ASTRONOMY
Jan. 31	Jones, S. P.	(Possible) New Project for Astronomy Group
Feb. 31		List of Celestial Objects Published by the Astronomy Group:
		Obtainable from S. P.Jones or Secretary for 25 cents
Feb. 31		(Astronomy) Group to Observe Meteors
Mar. 31	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Observation of Geminid Meteors
Apr. 31		Observing the Zodiacal Light. Article in Popular Astronomy includes
		zodiacal light observations by WGNSS Astronomy Group
Apr. 31		Jubilee Invitation:  The Academy of Science of St. Louis celebrates
		its Diamond Jubilee on April 14/15 at 8 PM, Soldan High School
		Auditorium.  Prof. Aiken, Asst. Director of Lick Observatory, will
		speak on "Recent Astronomical Progress".
Jun. 31	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	An Experiment in Stellar Photography
Jul. 31	An Enlightened Star Gazer	(Suggested) Work for Amateur Astronomers
Aug. 31	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	In the Southern Sky
Aug. 31	Astronomy Group	Notes on July Meteors
Sep. 31	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	A Stellar Magnitude Scale
Oct. 31	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	The Ten Greatest Astronomers (will be the subject of discussion
		at Astronomy Group meetings during this fall and winter)
Oct. 31	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	The Perseid Meteors of 1931
Dec. 31	Astronomy Group	Meteor Notes
BOTANY
Jan. 31	Dorothy A. Boyer	Out-of-Season Visitors.  Sighting of several out of season bloomers
Jan. 31	Ellison, Mary Louise	A Nature Hike of Interest - Pt. 2 (Cont'd from Dec. 30)
Mar. 31	Secy. Bot. Group	Mr. Kellogg (of Mo. Bot. Garden) Speaks to Botany Group (of rare
		wildflowers he has collected in Missouri)
Apr. 31	Boyer, Dorothy A.	Spring's Advance Guard (flowers found on a botany trip on Jan. 25.
Apr. 31	Lange, R. C. & Hubrecht, L.	Ferns found at Ranken, Mo., June 1927
May. 31	Arlington Chemical Co.	Trees that Cause Hay Fever
Jun. 31		Stone Forest Found (3 miles south of Savage, Montana).
		Science News Letter, Oct. 28, 1929
Jul. 31	Vogel, Pierre A.	Notholaena dealbata (Pursh.) Kunze - The rare little cloak fern
Sep. 31	Boyer, Dorothy A.	Botanizing from an Auto:  List of species seen from a car at
		40 m.p.  Also species seen at  Pickle Springs and a rare orchid
		near Bloomsdale, Mo.
ENTOMOLOGY
Jan. 31		Fragrant Butterflies - This characteristic of butterflies, and others,
		to be discussed at Jan. meeting of Entomology Group
Feb. 31	Satterthwait, A. F.	Insect Collecting Contest:  List of people volunteering to prepare
		entrants for the contests and comments about a meeting for
		mentors and some addition to scope of the contest.
May. 31	Espy Jay	Nip and Pull and Tuck and Haul - Description of a struggle
		involving four ants.
Jul. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	Butterflies and the Botanist
Jul. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	An interesting Case of Sitrotropism (related to caterpillars)
Aug. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	Studies in the Fauna of the Ranken Tract. 1. Myriopoda
Sep. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	A Spider and a Mantis:  Struggle between a spider and a mantis
		caught in its web--the mantis escaped to fly again.
Oct. 31	O'Byrne, Harold	Some Unusual Butterflies (seen this summer near the Lodge and
		at Allenton).
Nov. 31		A List of Local Butterflies (is being published by the Society in
		mimeograph form).  Copies available from S. P. Jones for 10 cents.
Nov. 31		Dione vanillae - Girl Scouts of T. 21 are rearing butterflies from
		caterpillars cared for until the chrysalis forms.
Nov. 31	O'Byrne, Harold	Winter Butterflies - Asks for reports if the emergence in the fall or
		winter or if spring flight of one of the listed Missouri butterflies is
		observed.
Dec. 31	O'Byrne, Harold	Lerodea eufala (Edwards) - Another butterfly record at the Lodge
Dec. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	Fauna of Ranken. 2.  The genus Catocala.  List provided.
Dec. 31	Lange, R. C.	Two additional species of Catocala were taken from a slough
		one mile north of the Ranken school house in the larva stage.
Dec. 31	Towhee	Pyrophila pyramidoides Guenee, The American Copper Underwing.
		Found under the bark of an old tree alongside a dry creek.
HERPETOLOGY
Mar. 31	Sibley, Dr. Charles	An Interesting Incident (Garter snake mother accidentally
	(Canton, Ohio Laboratory)	swallows baby and then regurgitates it, unharmed)
Sep. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	A Snake Story (the strange behavior of a blue racer)
Oct. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	Leap Frog (observation of frogs playing leap frog on masses of
		algae in a pond)
Odt. 31	DABAHA	An Unusual Catch:  a large coachwhip snake, unusual this far
		north, between Festus and Bloomsdale on July 19.
ICHTHYOLOGY
Mar. 31		Invitation to Beldt's Fish Farms
Apr. 31	Vogel, Pierre	A Pioneer Fish-Fancier (A Mr. Armstrong of Webster Groves)
Apr. 31	Jones, Anne A.	Tropical Fish:  Report on visit to the Beldt Fish Farm
May. 31	Sibley, Dr. Charles K.	A Novel Method of Seed Distribution - Story of a minnow which had
		a fruit of the Spanish Bayonet firmly fastened in its head..
Nov. 31		Mr. & Mrs. Lange invite all those inaterested to view their newly
		completed aquarium house and their selection of tropical and toy
		fishes on Nov. 13 to 15.
JUNIORS
Feb. 31	Pickens, Katherine	Junior Trip to New Bird House (at Zoo)
May. 31	Pickens, Katherine	The Juniors make a trip to the lovely Huntington Home.
May. 31	Cox, Maartha	The Nature Study Classes of the Bristol and Avery Schools
		(in Webster Grovves) with Mrs. Pickens as chaperone visited the
		Reptile House in the Zoo.  Mr. Perkins served as guide.
Aug. 31	Lange, R. C.	Need help or info. for your insect collection; contact me.
Sep. 31		The Junior Group, 22 strong, and Junior Secretary Mrs. Pickens
		visited the Lange home, saw his Missouri butterfly collection,
		and learned about their feeding and disribution.
Sep. 31	Schoene, Ellen	The Juniors with Mrs. Pickens visited the Meyers farm near the
		Meramec Highlands on May 23
NATURE MELODY
Jan. 31		Hear Bird Song Records:  Those who attended the Nature Melody
		meeting on Nov. 10 got to hear Edward Avis' records of bird
		songs.
Sep. 31	O'Byrne, Harold I.	The Symphony at the Lodge
ORNITHOLOGY
Feb. 31	Heinze, Albert	Woodland Nights (a poem)
Feb. 31		Christmas Bird Census Report:  Census included the Creve Coeur
		District, Boschertown, Black Walnut and Bonfils, Mo., on Dec. 21,
Mar. 31	Steyermark, Julian	Bird List from Franklin County
Mar. 31	Mrs. E. A. Satterthwait	Addition to Christmas Bird Count (for Creve Coeur- Boschertown
		District by Walter Palmer and Julian Steyermark)
Apr. 31	Stones, Mrs. Charles &	List of Birds seen at Ranken Estate on Jan. 24, 1931
	O'Byrne, S. L.
Apr. 31	Fitzgerald, Mary E.	Bird Notes:  Miscellaneous comments about birds.
May. 31		Book Notice:  Birds of Arkansas, by W. J. Baerg, Bulletin #258,
		197 pages, University of Arkansas College of Agridulture,
		Fayetteville
Jun. 31	McDonough, Margaret M.	Book Review:  The Island of Penguins, by Cherry Kearton,
		Robert McBride & Co., Jan. 1931
Jul. 31	Jones, Anne M.	Birds listed at Horse Shoe Lake, Ill., May 16 & 17, 1931
Aug. 31	Matlock, Miss Nellie	A Sedalia, Mo. Bird List (birds observed near Lake Tebo, June 22,
		1931)
Oct. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	An Incident in the Life of The Cardinal:  A pair of cardinals chase
		away a marauding bluejay.
Nov. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	A Woodland Tragedy (death of young birds in two nests illustrated
		high mortality rate for young birds)
Dec, 31	Jones, Anne, Secy.	Winter Feeding of Birds  Bird seed purchased in bulk and packaged
		is available from Ms. Jones.
Dec. 31	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Night Observation on Migratory Birds (by telescope, across the
		face of the moon)
Dec. 31	Jones, Anne A., Secy.	Ornithology Field Triip, all day Sunday, Dec. 27, for the
		Christmas Bird Census of the Rankin District in St. Louis County
PEOPLE
Feb. 31		Alfred F. Satterthwait elected President of the American Nature-
		Study Society, of which the Web. Gr. Nat. Study Society is a
		branch, at the Society's annual convention in Cleveland, Ohio last
		December.  Mr. Satterthwait has served at different times in the
		Webster Groves Banch as Director, President, Secretary, and
		Chairman of its Entomology Group.  He organized the Insect
		Collection Contests for boys and girls, of which he is chairman.
		Recently he was made Chairman of the St. Louis Academy of
		Science.
May. 31		Our Geology Group Chairman, Miss Alice Marty, has changed her
		name to Mrs. Arthur Feager
Jun. 31		Dr. Edgar Anderson, geneticist at the Missouri Botanical Garden
		since 1922 and an Asst. Professor at Washington University,
		St. Louis, Mo., has been appointed arborist at the Arnold Arboretum
		at Harvard University.
Jun. 31		On May 6, 1931, the Rau's had a farewell luncheon for the Holly
		and Anderson families.   Sixty-four guests were present.
MISCELLANEOUS
Jan. 31	Keller, Will	When the Wind Becomes Playful - The view of the inside of a
		tornado, from a storm cellar door
Apr. 31	Hubricht, Leslie	Mice as Pets
May. 31	Sipley, Dr. Charles K.	A (homemade) Tray for Bottled Specimens
May. 31	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Natural History Museum of the University of Minnesota:  A
		detailed description of exhibits.
Jun. 31		The Eskimo Igloo - Our idea of the igloo is wrong; the Eskimos use
		the name only for solidly constructed buildings of earth covered
		stone.  Science News Letter, March, 1931
Aug. 31	Towhee	Girl Scouts Have an Outing:  Thanks for use of the Nature Lodge
Sep. 31	Meiners, Edwin P.	What Happened to the Weasel (whose skeleton was found draped
		over a limb in a tree)?
Sep. 31	Towhee	Report on week end outing of Girl Scout Troops 21 and 71 at
		the Lodge, June 21, 1931
Sep. 31		Convention Announcement.  WGNSS has assumed the responsi-
		bility for providing a paper for the annual convention of the
		American Nature-Study Society, Dec. 28 to Jan. 2, in New
		Orleans.  Please advise the Secretary if you can contribute one.
Oct. 31		The Garden Club Flower Show at Webster Groves High School
		Gymnasium on Sat.-Sun. Oct. 10-11.  WGNSS will have a "Nature-
		Study" exhibit there.
Dec. 31	Ozarkus	A Trip to the Nature Study Lodge - A Soliloquy.
Dec. 31	U-Think-It-Over	Have You Noticed?  Suggests that there are cycles in Nature.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 31		New "Lodge" Officers:  At last meeting of the Nature Study Lodge
		Unit the following new officers were elected:
		Camp Director - Dr. Edwin C. Meiners
		Secretary - Charles Stones
		Treasurer - William Pickens
		The above three will compose the Executive Committee and be
		responsibvle for Lodge management.
Jun. 31		A Word from the Lodge:  All members are weldome to visit/
		use the Lodge even though they may not belong to the Lodge.
Jul. 31	The Lodge Unit	Visitors to the Lodge are asked to sign the guest register;
		photographers who take pictures while visiting the Lodge are asked
		to provide a print of the more interesting ones for the Lodge
		scrapbook.
Aug. 31	The Lodge Unit	A Word from the Lodge (about trash and refuse disposal)
Oct. 31		An Icebox has been added to the furnishings of the Lodge
Nov. 31	The Lodge Unit	New officers for the Lodge (elected at the general meeting of the
		Lodge unit held Nov. 17):
		Camp Director - Dr. Brandhorst
		Secretary - Miss N. Matlock
		Treasurer - Mr. Harold O'Byrne
MEETINGS
Jan. 31		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Jan. 9, at the U.S.
		Entomological Laboratory, 527 Ivanhoe Pl., Webster Groves.
		Dr. Edgar Anderson, returning from a year in England, will
		present "A Visit to the Scilly Islands".
Feb. 31		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Feb. 6, at the U. S. Entomolo-
		gical Laboratory.  Meeting to consist of reports by attendees of the
		A.A.A.S in Cleveland:  Dorothy A. Boyer, Dr. Edgar Anderson,
		Elizabeth Allen Satterthwait, Julian Steyermark, and A. F.
		Satterthwait.
Mar. 31		On Sunday Morning, March 1 at 9 AM Henry N. Kennon, in charge
		of the Bird Houses in the St. Louis Zoo will conduct our members
		through the Tropical Bird Houses before the crowds arrive.
Mar. 31		Joint Meeting of WGNSS and Academy of Science of St. Louis
		8 PM, Friday, March 15, at Soldan High School Auditorium, 918
		North Union Avenue, St. Louis.  Dr. Margaret Fuller Boos, Nature
		Guide in the Rocky Mountain National Park will speak on "Wild
		Lives in Wild Places"
Apr. 31		Annual Meeting and Election of Officers, 8 PM, Friday, April 3, at
		the Entomological Laboratory.  There will be election of officers for
		the coming year.  Reports by officers/group chairmen will be
		heard, as well as plans for the coming year.
May. 31		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Monday, May 11, in Assembly
		Hall, Webster Groves High School.  Capt. A. J.Lorimier will speak
		on "Reptile Life of Indo-China and Phillipines".
Jun. 31		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, June 5, at the
		Entomological Laboratory.  Mr. L. P.Jensen will speak on
		"Conservation of our Native Plants".
Sep. 31		WGNSS General Meeting, Friday, Sept. 4, at the Entomological
		Laboratory.  Mr. K. L. Baker, in charge of tree trimming along state
		highways, will talk on correct tree trimmingl
Oct. 31		WGNSS General Meeting, Friday, Oct. 2, at the Rau residence,
		549 E. Argonne Drive, Kirkwood.  Miss Nellie Matlock will talk
		about "Summer Vacationing at a Naturalists'  Camp".
Nov. 31		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 6, at the
		U. S. Entomological Laboratory.  Prizes will be awarded to winners
		of the insect collection contest, and winners will make 5 minute
		speeches.  Dr. William Devriant will follow with a talk on
		"Mandragora, a Sleeping Draught from Ancient Times".
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Jul. 31		Week-end Trip to the Nature Lodge, Saturday/Sunday, July
		17-18
Nov. 31		A Hike Up the Angel Trail (at Ranken), Sunday, November 8
		(Hike with leaders, with food delivered along the way.)