NATURE NOTES - 1941
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
ASTRONOMY
Jan. 41	O'Byrne, Stuart	Aurora Borealis Made to Order (at Astronomy Group meeting)
Feb. 41	O'Byrne, Stuart	Jovian's Eclipse and Cassini's Division
Jun. 41	Stones, Catherine and	A Trip to the Mount Wilson Observatory
	Victor Stones
Aug. 41	O'Byrne, Stuart	Mars Loops the Loop
Oct. 41	O'Byrne, Stuart	Star Dust (Astronomy Group report)
BOTANY
Mar. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	Plant Associations and Succession in the Ozarks:  A  Review.
		(Review of an article on the subject by Julian A. Steyermark
		in the Field Museum Botanical Series, Vol.9, No. 5, pp. 349-475)
Apr. 41		Sequoia's Downfall.  Report of a 275 ft. high giant, with a girth
		of 27 feet, crashed to the round in a recent storm.  This is such
		a rare event that park officials are investigating the cause of the
		fall.
Jul. 41	Hill, David L.	Pennsylvania Forests (comprehensive description of flora)
Jul. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	Botany Group Elects Officers:
		Chairman - Miss Frances Pickel
		Secretary - Mr. David Rau
		Reporter - Miss Maude Lodewyks
Oct. 41	Hill, David L.	Phytologue - by Botany Group reporter
Nov. 41	Lodewyks, Maude C.	Phyto Log - Describes presentation by Arthur Christ on the
		Figwort Family.
Dec. 41	Hill, David L.	Phytalogue - Botany Trivia
CONSERVATION
Jun. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	What About Rockwoods?  Attended meeting of nature leaders at
		Pond, Mo. On April 20, representing WGNSS.  Purpose was to
		discuss plans for development of Rockwoods Reservation, near
		Glencoe.  Describes discussion and asks how WGNSS can
		provide additional aid.
ENTOMOLOGY
Mar. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	More Parthogenic Weevils
Mar. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	Roaches vs. Cockroaches - What to call them.  There's a fish
		called the roach, which creates problems in some circles.
Mar. 41	Braden, Fern	The Whie-Fringed Beetle - Report on a talk by Harold O'Byrne to
		the WGNSS Entomology Group; quite extensive.
Mar. 41	Rau, Phil	The Life History of the American Cockroach (Ent.. News, vol. 11,
		p. 121-124, 151-155, 186-189, 235-237, 275-278, May-Dec., 1940)
Mar. 41	Rau, Phil	Co-operative Nest-founding by the Wasp Polistes annularis
		(Annals Ent. Soc. Of America, vol.xxxiii, pp. 617-620, Dec. 1940)
Apr. 41	O'Byrne, Harold I.	A New Butterfly List.  Bulletin 3 of the Webster Groves Nature
		Study Society, "A Revised List of the Butterflies of St. Louis
		County, Missouri", by Harold I. O'Byrne, will be issued soon.  It
		supersedes a similar list, Bull. 2, issued by the Society in 1931.
		Cost will be ten cents.
May. 41		Confirmation that the above book is now available from the
		Secretary-Treasurer for 10 cents.
Jun. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	Insect Items - Insects were disappointing on the southwest
		Missouri Field trip on May 17-18.  By Enomology Grp. Reporter
Jul. 41	O'Byrne, Mrs. H. I.	Bug Dope - Entomology Group Report by Group Reporter
Aug. 41	Rau, Phil	Observations on Certain Lepidopterous and Hymenopterous
		Parasites of Polistes Wasps (Annals, Ent. Soc. Of America,
		vol. 34, pp. 355-366, June 1941)
Aug. 41	Fulton, B. B.	A Luminous Fly Larva with Spider Traits (Annals, Ent. Soc. Of
		America, vol. 34, pp. 289-302, June 1941)
Aug. 41	O'Byrne, Mrs. H. I.	Bug Dope - Entomology Group Report by Group Reporter
Sep. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	Hibernating Butterflies (Ent. News, vol. 58, pp. 181-183, July 1941)
Sep. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	Butterfly Variants - Some Noteworthy Missouri Butterflies:
		Papilio troilus radiatus and a variation of Lycaenopsis pseuda-
		giolus (Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., vol. 36, pp. 124-125, June 1941)
		This paper describes unusual variants of two our common
		butterfly species, collected at Ranken and in St. Louis.
Sep. 41		Bug Dope (by Entomology Group)
Oct. 41	O'Byrne, Olive	Bug Dope (by Entomology Group reporter)
Nov. 41	Rau, Phil	The Swarming of Polistes Wasps in Temperate Regions (Annals,
		Ent. Soc. Of America, vol. 34, pp. 580-84, Sept. 1941)
Dec. 41	Rau, Phil	Cockroaches:  The Forerunner of Termites (Ent. News, vol. 52,
		pp.. 256-259, Nov. 1941)
GEOLOGY
Aug. 41	O'Byrne, H. I.	Petroglyphs - At the June meeting the Geology Group voted to
		join the National Geological Club, of which Mrs. Daisy Boyer
		Stockwell of Kimmswick is President.
Sep. 41	Gallagher, Mrs. Wm.	Gems - The July meeting was held in the shop of Mr. Walter
		Blatt, lapidary in the Oriel Bldg. in St. Louis (by Group reporter)
Oct. 41		A Mineral Prize Contest during Oct., Nov., and Dec. is
		announced.  Rules of contest and questions given.  Prizes will
		be awarded.
Oct. 41		Petroglyphs (by the Geology Group)
Oct. 41		The Illinois State Geological  Survey is sponsoring a series of
		earth history field conferences on Saturdays at various sites in
		the state, the first in Bond County on Oct. 11.
Nov. 41		The Mineral Prize Contest - The second intallment of twenty-five
		questions (No. 26 to 50).
Dec. 41		The Mineral Prize Contest - The third and final installment of
		questions (No. 51-75).
Dec. 41		Petroglyphs - A recent article in Rocks and Minerals for October
		refers to the Webster Groves Nature Study Society in glowing
		terms.
HERPETOLOGY
Dec. 41	Boyer, Dorothy A.	Baby Gartersnakes - "Observations on the Birth of a Brood of
		Gartersnakes, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Linne" (American
		Midland Naturalist, vol. 26, p. 334-336)
LODGE
Mar. 41		Open House at the Lodge, Sunday, March 30.  Hikes have been
		planned for different times of day.  They will be:
		8 AM - Bird Walk, lead by Harry Comfort and R. L. Hill
		10 AM - Geology Walk, lead by Magdalen Pfeffer and
		A. W. Dreyer
		Noon  - Coffee provided.  Each person bring lunch and cup
		2 PM - General field trip with emphasis on plants and
		insects.  Leaders:  Maude Lodewyks, Arthur Christ,
		Harold O'Byrne, and Hugo Preis
		After supper, if skies are clear, Irma Oeflein, Stuart O'Byrne,
		A. Obrecht, and Leo Rasche will lead an Astronomy section.
		During the day guests will have an opportunity to visit Museum
		and sit and think.
Jun. 41		War Approaches the Lodge - The War Dept. is considering the
		establishment of a munitions dump on the Ranken property
		adjacent to the Meramec River and the Frisco railroad, near
		Tyson.  This should not disturb the Lodge but will interfere with
		one bird census route.
Jul. 41		Getting into the Lodge (where to get a key)
Aug. 41		Ranken tenants ask WGNSS members to use gates, not
		crawl under fences.  The Government has asked that members
		not go north of Hwy 66.
Oct. 41		The Lodge was recently broken into and a number of items
		stolen.
Nov. 41	Pfeffer, Magdalen	The 1941 Woodcutting Bee (will be held on Sunday, Nov. 9)
Dec. 41	Museum Board	Museum News - New book, Archaeology of Missouri, donated to
		Museum by Phil Rau; meeting on Dec. 14 to classify all insects
		in the Museum collection.
Dec. 41		Special Museum Meeting, sponsored by Museum Board, 2:30 PM,
Dec. 41		Sunday, Dec. 14, at the home of Harold O'Byrne, 2200 Hatton
		Lane, Brentwood, to identify and classify insects in Museum
		collection.
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 41	Petersen, Oscar	Bobolink - Tale about the one year old son of the Keeper of the
		Mansion.
Jan. 41		St. Louis Bird Club Meeting, 8 PM, Monday, Jan. 26, at the
		Adult Study Center, Lake and Waterman, St. Louis.  Guest
		speaker will be Mr. Cleveland P. Grant, noted bird lecturer and
		photographer.
Feb. 41	O'Byrne, Stuart	Notes on Bird Distribution in the Ranken Area in the Year 1937 -
		Distribution by habitat - Observers hiked 180 miles and counted
		6365 birds.  Data presented in tabular form.
Mar. 41	Comfort, James E.	A Bird's Eye View of Taum Sauk Mountain, Etc., Etc., Etc.
		A humorous account of a Bird Group field meet on the mountain
		which was beset by many problems, such as getting lost, falls,
		and other problems too numerous to mention.
Mar. 41		Eagle's Wings Over St. Louis - Mrs. Fred Pfeiffer reports having
		seen a bald eagle winging over city streets in South St. Louis, a
		spectacular bird for immediate St. Louis
Apr. 41	O'Byrne, Stuart	Missouri's Highest Spot - Visit by party of five to Taum Sauk
		Mountain, location of the high point benchmark, and some
		bird observations.  Bird life very scarce on mountain.
Apr. 41		Feathers Limited!  Joint paper by National Audubon Society and
		Feather Industries, Inc. advocating federal and state legislation
		prohibiting all trade of plumage of wild birds for adornment of
		women's hats.
Apr. 41	Jones, S. P.	Semi-annual State Meeting of the Audubon Society of Missouri,
		April 19th/20th, 1941, at Columbia, Missouri.  Keep the dates open
		and plan to attend.
Apr. 41		St. Louis Bird Club News - The St. Louis Bird Club will have two
		April meetings.   The first, 8 PM, April 3, at the Adult Study
		Center, Lake and Waterman, presenting "Birding in Minnesota, by
		W. J. Breckenridge, Curator of the Minnesota  Museum of
		Natural History.  The second, also at the Adult Study Center, will
		be on April 29 at 8 PM, and will present Mr. C. E. Gillham,
		Mississippi Flyway representative for the Biological Survey.
May. 41	Jones, S. P.	European Tree Sparrow, a St. Louis Bird; and Migratory and
		Permanent Resident Birds in the St. Louis Region, published
		by the author for the Webster Groves Nature Study Society (1941)
May. 41	Comfort, James E.	Bird Notes (including birds seen since the first of the year, and
		birds seen on a hike with the St. Louis Bird Club in Forest Park)
Jun. 41	Comfort, James E.	Bird Notes (by Group Reporter)
Jul. 41	Comfort, James E.	Birding in April
Jul. 41	Comfort, James E.	Bird Notes (by Group Reporter)
Aug. 41	Comfort, J. E.	Bird Notes (by Group Reporter)
Aug. 41		Members reminded that WGNSS is affiliated with the Audubon
		Society of Mo. And need to pay only 50 cents annual dues to join
		Audubon.  Audubon's "Bluebird" is well worth the small dues
		payment.
Sep. 41	Comfort, J. E.	Bird Counts.  Bird census to be discontinued because
Sep. 41		U.S. Govt. activities make it impossible to continue routes north
		of Hwy. 66.  New censuses will be started, but with a different
		objective.  (by Group Reporter)
Oct. 41	Grossenheider, Richard	An Escape from a Hawk - Rescue and treatment of a green heron.
Oct. 41	Comfort, J. E.	Bird Notes (by Group Reporter)
Oct. 41		Class in Popular Ornithology to be held at the Adult Study Center
		at Washington University.
Oct. 41		Bird Club Lectures - The St. Louis Bird Club invites WGNSS
		members to attend a seven-lecture series starting Oct. 28.
		Location to be announced later.
Oct. 41		Audubon Society Neeting.  The fall meeting of the Audubon
		Society of Missouri wil be held Sat. and Sunday, Oct. 4-5, at
		Hahatonka at the Lake of the Ozarks.
Nov. 41	Krautter, Betty	The Dipper or Water Ouzel
Nov. 41	Jones, S. P.	(Report on) Audubon Meeting at Hahatonka.
Nov. 41	Short, Wayne	Bird Club Lecture - The Nov. lecture will be held on Monday,
		Nov. 24, at 8 PM at the Adult Study Center, Lake and Waterman
		Avenues.  Subject:  "Wings, Fins and Antlers", by John H. Storer,
		Photographer-Naturalist.
Dec. 41	S. P. J.	The Christmas Bird Count:  History, evolution and current rules.
Dec. 41	Comfort, J. E.	Bird Notes - By the Ornithology Reporter
PEOPLE
Feb. 41	Stones, Catherine and	Pioneering Deluxe on a Winter's Odyssey - Account of their trip
	Victor	by car pulling a trailer after their marriage from St. Louis to Los
		Angeles
Mar. 41		In Memoriam - Nellie Matlock died on Jan. 20.  Exensive obituary.
Apr. 41		Mr. William Pickens, past president of the Society and an active
		member for many years, died on March 18.
May. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	William Pickens - In Appreciation.  A euology and list of WGNSS
		service.
May. 41		In Sympathy - Mrs. Isadore Roth, whose husband has been one of
		the active members of the Music group, died recently.
Jun. 41		Summer Camp Scholarships (funded by friends) in Memory of
		Nellie Matlock.
Oct. 41		WGNSS Party at the O'Byrnes on Oct. 11 to celebrate the
		forthcoming marrige of Maude Lodewyks, WGNSS President, to
		David Rau.  (See Meeting Section below for more details.)
MISCELLANEOUS
Feb. 41	O'Byrne, Harold	A.N.S.S. News - A.N.S.S. members paying $1.00 per year
		dues can receive a one-year subscriioption to Canadian
		Nature.  This offer to WGNSS members who pay dues to
		A.N.S.S.
Mar. 41	O'Byrne, Stuart	Something to Do - One phase of nature study which our Society
		has neglected is the studty of mammals. There are many mammal
		forms in the Ranken fauna.  Let's consider the mammals.
Dec. 41	Blackwelder, Betsy	A Visit to the Archaeological Sites in Jefferson County.  Of
		principal interest was a mound near Ware, Missouri, where
		a village of perhaps 1000 people once lived.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 41		New Members (8)
Feb. 41	Pfeffer, Magdalen	Executive Board Chooses Fixed Times (for the six interest groups
		and the Executive Board)
Feb. 41	Pickens, Mary K.	Message from the President (deploring the "sickness" of atten-
		dance at the Jan. 16 Board meeting; several items that needed
		attention could not be dealt with.)
Feb. 41	O'Byrne, Stuart	Nominating Committee appointed:  A. D. DeVilbiss, Chmn.,
		Arthur Christ, and Fred Pfeiffer.  Suggestions welcomed.
Feb. 41		List of Members (159) from which new officers are to be selected.
		(Mr.& Mrs. Satterthwait's names are on the list).
May. 41		Officers for the coming year elected at the WGNSS annual
		meeting on April 4;
		President:  Miss Maude Lodewyks
		1st. V.P. (Membership Chmn. - Miss Fern Braden
		2nd V.P. (Publicity Chmn.) - Miss Sally Cowgill
		Secretary-Treasurer - Mrs. Harold O'Byrne
		Lodge Director - Miss Magdalen Pfeffer
		Museum Director - Mr. Stuart L.O'Byrne
		Editor - Mr. Harold I. O'Byrne
		Currator of Properties - Mr. Harry B. Comfort
		A.N.S.S. Representative - Miss Edna Rau
May. 41		Groups elect officers:
		Astronomy:
		Chairman - Miss May Brinkmeyer
		Secretary - Miss Ruth Meyer
		Reporter - Mr. Stuart L. O'Byrne
		Botany:
		Elections still pending
		Entomology:
		Chairman - Mr. Hugh Preis
		Secretary - Miss Fern Braden
		Reporter - Mrs.Harold O'Byrne
		Geology:
		Chairman - Miss Helen Bowman
		Secretary - Miss Helen Comfort
		Reporter  Mrs. William Gallagher
		Music:
		Chairman/Secretary - Mr. William Gallagher
		Ornithology:
		Chaiman - Mr. Arthur Zempel
		Secretary - Miss Margaret Hill
		Reported - Mr. Earl Comfort
May. 41		New Members (15)
May. 41		Summer Camp Scholarship - The A.N.S.S., with which our
		Society is affiliated, is offering this year two scholarships of $25
		each.  Application blanks available from Harold O'Byrne.
Jun. 41		New Members (11)
Jun. 41		Where our Members Live:  185 total membership.  80 in St.
		Louis, 44 in Webster Groves, 30 in Kirkwood, 4 in Richmond
		Heights and the remainihng 27 in 16 different locations,
		including three other states.
Jun. 41		Reporters' Scores - (Apparently May and June)
		Ornithology - 100%
		Entomolgy - 50%
		Astronomy, Botany, Geology - 0%
Jul. 41		About Dues--To Pay or Not to Pay?  Breakdown of what happens
Jul. 41		to the dues dollar.  Nature Notes takes $0.36 of each dollar, and
		the Lodge $0.33.
Aug. 41		Cooperation of the Groups - For the last four issues, the
		Ornithology Group report scored 100% with four articles.  The
		Entomology group scored 75%, Botany and Geology 25%, and
		Astronomy 0%
Aug.41		New Members (3)
Sep. 41		New Members (6)
Oct. 41		New Members (8)
Nov. 41		New Members (16)
Dec. 41		New Members (9)
MEETINGS
Jan. 41		Joint Meeting with the Walkways Association to hear H. F.
		Evans, Director of the Bitterroot Mts. Wilderness trips.  Friday,
		Jan. 22, 7:30 PM, at the Central Branch of the Public Library at
		14th and Locust.
Mar. 41		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, March 7, at the home
		of Mr. Max Schwaz, 625 Tuxedo, Webster Groves.  The program
		will be "Miracles of Color in Our Woods and Fields", pictures of
		wild flowers, by Mr. Rutherford Platt.
Apr. 41		WGNSS Annnual Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, April 4, at the home of
		Dr. O. W. Brandhorst, 160 Gore Ave., Webster Groves. Election of
		officers and annual reports.   Mr. Oscar Petersen will present a
		talk on wild flowers with slides.
Oct. 41		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Thursday, Oct. 30, at the
		home of Max Schwarz, 625 Tuxedo Blvd.,. Webster Groves.
		Program:  "Restoration of Prehistoric Indian Culture in Jefferson
		County, with an analysis of the Earliest People Found in the Area
		and a Description of the Kimmswick Bone Bed", by Robert M.
		Adams, Archaeologist, St. L. Academy of Science.
Nov. 41		General Field Trip to the localities described in the Oct. 30
		General Meeting notice.
Dec. 41		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Dec. 5, at the home of
		Mrs. Wm. Pickens, 72 Marshall Place, Webster Groves. Miss
		Doris Kroeter will speak on "Flora and Bird Life of Southern
		Alabama.
BANQUETS AND SOCIAL EVENTS
May. 41		General Field Trip, Sunday, May 4, at Hill's Hill near Seckman, Mo.
		Bring lunch and enjoy an eventful day.
May. 41		General Field Trip, Saturday-Sunday, May 17-18, to the south-
		east Missouri lowlands and surrounding Ozarks.  Arthur Christ
		will be the leader.
Jun. 41		General Field Trip, June 8, all day, at the cottage of Mr. Sam
		Alfend, Fern Glen.  Planned events:  Entomology hike lead by
		Harold O'Byrne; Botany hike lead by Miss Maude Lodewyks.
		Attendees invited to stay for the evening meeting of the Music
		Group.
Jul. 41		General Field Trip, Sunday, July 13.  Entomology, Botany,
		Geology and Astronomy events will be scheduled
Oct. 41		WGNSS Party on Saturday, Oct. 11, 8 PM until dawn, to
		celebrate the forthcoming marriage of Miss Maude Lodewyks,
		our President, to Mr. David Rau.  At the Harold O'Byrne's, 2200
		Hatton Lane, Brentwood.  Everyone invited.
Oct. 41		General Field Trip starting from the Lodge on Sunday, Oct. 19.
		Leaders will be furnished by the Botany and Entomology Groups.
		Lunch at the Lodge.  Bring supper and enjoy star-gazing in
		the evening.