NATURE NOTES - 1944
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
ASTRONOMY
Mar. 44	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Some Bright Stars and Planets (now studding our winter skies)
Aug. 44	Friton, Edwin	Tears of St. Lawrence - Another name for the annual Perseid
		meteor shower, which will be visible about Aug. 11.
Aug. 44	Jones, S. P.	Other Worlds Than Ours - Is there life on other worlds?
Nov. 44	Friton, Edwin	Perseids and the November Meteors
BOTANY
Feb. 44	Rau, Maude L.	February's Treasures - What a botanist can see in February's
		woods.
May. 44	O'Byrne, Stuart L.	Tree Rings - A count of rings in stumps at Ranken by O'Byrne
		and Mr. & Mrs. Pickens. Detailed statistics given.
May. 44		Exploring for Fossil Plants - Notes from Dr.Henry N. Andrews'
		talk at Botany Group meeting.
May. 44	Dreyer, A. W.	Paleobotany at Home
Sep. 44	Rau, Maude L.	Observation - How a box elder tree was attacked by masses of
		aphids, who were in turn attacked by hordes of lady bugs.
Oct. 44	Dreyer, A. W.	More Fossil Plants - Another site similar to the one described in
		the May issue of Nature Notes is in a clay pit in southwest St.
		Louis on the east side of Hampton Blvd., just south of Fyler Ave.
		Visits can be arranged.
Nov. 44	H. B.	The "Fairy-Ring" - A Fungus Formation - It "sprung" up on the lawn
		of Roosevelt High School after a rain in October.  Explanation.
Dec. 44	O'Byrne, Harold I.	Gentians at Rockwoods
CONSERVATION
Jan. 44		Salvaging the Waste Paper - All kinds needed.
Feb. 44		Rockwoods News - Supervision of the work of Conservator Harold
		O'Byrne has been transferred from the Fish, Game, and Forests
		Division to the Education Section of the Conservation Commission.
		No change in duties will be involved.
Apr. 44	O'Byrne, Harold and Beinke,	Rockwoods Leaflet No. 1, Missouri Conservation Commission.
	Harold	Description of its objectives, layout, facilities, programs, etc.
		(Nature Notes Vol. 15, No. 12 Supplement)
May. 44		Rockwoods Leaflet No. 2 - Maps of Glencoe and Allenton Tracts.
Aug. 44		Conservation Notes - Circular 129 lists the Conservation Commiss-
		ion's motion picture library dealing with conservation issues.  Bull.
		16 deals with aquatic plants for farm ponds.  The July issue of
		Missouri Conservationist has a fine article on Missouri Turtles.
Aug. 44		School Talks on Nature and Conservation - Speakers available this
		year include George E. Moore, Chief Naturalist, Meramec State
		Park; and Harold I. O'Byrne, Conservator, Rockwoods Reservation.
		WGNSS members who are teachers are urged to avail themselves
		of this service.
Nov. 44	Bode, I. T.	The Deer Increase in Missouri - Article in the Missouri
		Conservationist, Oct. 1944 issue, by the Director of the Missouri
		Dept. of Conservation.
Dec. 44		Circular 134 - Wildlife and the Soil; issued by the Missouri
		Conservation Commission.  Comprehensive.
ENTOMOLOGY
Feb. 44	Satterthwait, A. F.	A New Species of Calondra from Oregon is a description of
		Calandra eugenia, a new species of billbug named for the
		locality where it was discovered (Ent. News, vol. 54, pp. 52-53, Feb.
		1943).  Note by Harold O'Byrne:  For those who knew Mr.
		Satterthwait when he was stationed in Webster Groves, his
		activity at that time was concerned largely with corn billbugs of
		the genus Calendra.
Feb. 44	Rau, Phil	The Neon-sign Dance of the Water-Boatmen, Tricocorixa
		verticalis (Ent. News, vol. 54, pp. 258-259, Dec. 1943).  Describes
		a mass of  thousands of water-boatmen that spend virtually their
		whole lives in water dancing before a neon sign at a drug store in
		Tiptonville, Tennessee (near Reelfoot Lake)
Apr. 44	Long, Edith	The Lore and Lure of the Sacred Beetle - A Review of Dr. Meiners'
		Talk to the Entomology Group, March 10, 1944
Jun. 44	Pfeffer, Magdalen	Nature Enters the Machine Shop - Loud noise in machine shop
		caused by (according to Father Link) the cone-headed grasshopper
Jul. 44	Rau, Phil	The Prey and the Hunting Habits of the Wasp Trypoxolon
		politum (Ent. News, vol. 55, p.9-10, January 1944)
Jul. 44	Rau, Phil	A Note on the Rove Beetle, Staphilinus maculosis (Ent. News,
		vol. 55, p. 15, January, 1944)
Jul. 44	Rau, Phil	The Monarch Butterfly, Danais plexippus, in Mexico (Ent. News.,
		vol. 55, p. 44, February, 1944)
Aug, 44	Espy Jay (S. P. Jones)	The Master Musician - The Snowy Tree-Cricket
GEOLOGY
Jun. 44	Grawe, Oliver R.	Metatorbernite in Missouri Flint Fireclay.  This mineral had not
		previously been reported in the fire clays of Missouri.  From a
		book and reported by A. W. Dreyer.
Nov. 44	Dreyer, A. W.	Trilobites at the Grafton Quarry
LODGE
Nov. 44		Annual Wood-Cutting Bee and Field Trip at Nature Study Lodge.
		Sunday, Nov. 12, all day.  Hot coffee provided throughout the day
		and hot chili for supper.  Bring lunch and cup and spoon.  No
		choppee no coffee!
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Winter Birds of Arlington National Cemetery
Jan. 44	Pauls, Charles C.	Overnight with the Hopi Patrol (of Troop 245, Boy Scouts of
		America).  Describes the experience of the Patrol on an overnight
		hike in the grounds of the S. S. Peter and Paul Cemetery and the
		birds seen.
Jan. 44		Christmas Bird Counts - On Dec. 26th seventeen members make
		the mid-winter national bird count at Ranken for the tentth
		consecutive bird count there.   Total:  36 species, 1091 individuals.
		List of species given.  On the same day Ludlow Hill made a lone
		ranger bird count at his place near Seckman, Missouri.  He spotted
		30 species and 1727 individuals.  Species list given.
Jan. 44	Jones, S. P.	The Meadowlark's Message.
Jan. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Some Winter Bird Observations (another article about Arlington
		National Cemetery)
Jan. 44	Knapp, Erwin	(The super-marvelous precision flight of flocks of starlings)
Jan. 44	Jones, S. P.	This issue almost entirely about birds; how about some articles on
		other subjects.
Jan. 44		St. Louis Bird Club Lecture at St. Louis University Auditorium,
		3642 Lindell.  John Storer will show his color motion picture "The
		"Birth of the Land".  Thursday, Jan. 6, 8 PM, open to the public.
Jan. 44		Wednesday Jan. 19, St. Louis Bird Meeting at Washington
		University School of Medicine Auditorium.  Dr. George E. Hourn,
		Naturalist George E.Moore and John C. McGuire with motion
		pictures, scenic nature slides and bird imitation calls.  For
		members and members of WGNSS.
Feb. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Food and Cover in Relation to Birds - How neighbors of the
		Arlington Cemetery provide winter food for the birds.
Feb. 44	Espy Jay (S. P. Jones)	Bird Visitors to the Woodlawn (windowsill) lunchery
Feb. 44		Wednesday, February 2, 8 PM.  Sat. Louis Bird Club Lecture at
		St. Louis University Auditorium, 3642 Lindell Blvd.  Howard
		Cleaves will show his after dark motion picture "Nature at Midnight".
		Free to the public
Mar. 44	Espy Jay (S. P. Jones)	It won't Be Long Now - Dust off bird books and sharpen pencils
		so you'll be ready when the St. Louis Bird Club's Forest Park
		Walks start in April.
Mar. 44		St. Louis Bird Club Lecture , Monday, March 7, at Soldan High
		School Auditorium.  Alfred M. Bailey of the Colorado Museum of
		Natural History will show motion pictures on "The Four Corners".
		Free.  Bring some friends.
Apr. 44	Jackson, James	Birding Notes - Birding census in February, taken with Ken
		Niewoehner at Nature Study Lodge and a second census in March
		with Niewoehner and J. W. Cunningham.
Apr. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Birding at Arlington
Apr. 44		Loyalty Night Bird Lecture - 8 PM, April 27, at Soldan High School
		Auditorium.  Cleveland and Ruth Grant will show an all-color
		motion picture titled "From Marsh to Mountain".  Sponsored by
		the St. Louis Bird Club. Tickets will be 50 cents per person, and
		must be purchased in advance.
Jul. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Birding at Arlington Cemetery
Aug. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Home Again - Birding Again - Account of birding on brother's farm
		near Sullivan, Missouri
Sep. 44		A new Series of Audubon Wildlife Screen Tours - Will start on
		Friday, Sept. 16, at the Soldan High School Auditorium on North
		Union Ave.  Olin S. Pettingill Junior's film "Everyday Wildlife" will
		be presented.  Schedule through May given.
Sep. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Birding Observations - Encounter with a crippled bob-white on a
		brush-grown lane in the outskirts of Webster Groves.
Sep. 44	Jones, Sterling P.	A New Daily Field Check List - A neat little checklist of birds in the
		St. Louis area has been published by the St. Louis Bird Club.  They
		are available at two for 5 cents from the Bird Club.
Sep. 44	Rau, Maude L.	Bird Feeding Note - Seeds of musk melon, acorn squash, and
		pumpkin offer a cheap source of bird food for the winter.   Use
		now or dry and use during the coming winter.
Oct. 44		The St. Louis Bird Club's Screen Tour Lecture - Tuesday, Oct. 24th
		at the Soldan High School Auditorium, 918 N. Union.  Mr. & Mrs.
		Cleve Grant of Jeffrey, New Hampshire will present an all-color
		motion picture--"Friends in Fur and Feathers".  The Club will also
		pay special tribute to Lillie R. Ernst.  Mr. Wayne Short, President
		of the Club will deliver a memorial tribute.  (See People section)
Oct. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Birding Notes by James Earl Comfort - Report on the ornithology
		field meet of the Society, held at Creve Coeur Lake on Aug. 27.
Nov. 44	Comfort, James Earl	The Field Trip Hunt for Shorebirds - On Oct. 15th, 1944
Nov. 44		St. Louis Bird Club Lecture, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 8 PM, Soldan
		High School.  W. F. Kubechek, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
		will speak on "Alluring Alaska"
Dec. 44	Comfort, James Earl	Cemetery Sanctuaries for Birds
Dec. 44	Knapp, Erwin	Birds at Robertsville.
Dec. 44		Annual Clhristmas Bird Count - At the Lodge on Sunday, Dec. 24,
		starting at 8 AM. Will be carried out in four hour shifts.  Hot coffee
		will be on tap.
PEOPLE
Jan. 44		Lillie Ernst - Died December, 1943.  A noted educator, lecturer,
		and civic leader, she was undoubtedly the outstanding authority
		on birds and wild bird life since the days of Otto Widmann.
Jan. 44		Oh! Those Comforts - First they break the news that a daughter,
		Helen, is married to a soldier; then they confide that another
		daughter, Emma Jane is married to a sailor, Edward J. Dunn.
		Next, a son, Harry Edward Dunn, is born to Edward J. and
		Emma Jane Dunn.  Then son James F., now a sailor, makes the
		news by marrying Florence Borowsky of Racine, Wisconsin on
		Dec. 7, and he and the bride come home to Webster Groves for a
		Holiday visit.
Feb. 44	Jones, S. P.	Members in War Service - PFC Clara Beerman, James Earl
		Comfort, Arthur Christ, Edward J. Dunn, Maj. K. K. Ellis, Pfc
		Robert J. Hill, Lt. Loyd Jannsen, Jack Van Benthuysen, Lewis
		M. Weber, Capt. Arnold Zempel
Mar. 44	Jones, S. P.	Other Members in War Service - Mavin F. Beckman, Cpl. John
		Marshall Magner, Pfc James Holsen
Apr. 44		The Forest Park public bird walks on the five Sundays in April
		will start  promptly at 7:30 AM from the Jefferson Memorial Bldg.
Jun. 44	Jackson, James	Birding Notes
Jun. 44	Comfort, Pvt. James Earl	Birding at Arlington Cemetery
Jun. 44	Jones, S. P.	Members in the War Service Not Already Mentioned:  Earl Bass;
		Sgt. Howard Pickens; Capt. W. S. Brandhorst
Jun. 44	O'Byrne, Harold I.	Killed in Action:  William M. Gordon, long active in the joint
		WGNSS-Academy of Science entomology meetings; in action in
		New Guinea.  Although not a member of WGNSS, Lt. Gordon was
		well known to many of our members.
Jun. 44		Letter from Ex-President Arthur Christ, now in the service and
		stationed at Orlando, Florida.  Comments on flora/fauna around
		Orlando.
Jul. 44		Members in the war Service:  T5 Arthur Lieser and James
		Jackson.
Jul. 44		New Cradle Roll Members:
		Leianna Rasche, daughter of Leo and Sally Rasche, born
		Jan. 24; Betty Louise O'Byrne, daughter of Harold and Olive
		O''Byrne.  (B.D. not given)
Aug. 44	O'Byrne, Harold I.	A List of Missouri Vertebrates is about completed.  The WGNSS
		Publication Committee is considering issuing it as a mimeo-
		graphed bulletin.  A tabulation of vertebrates is given.
Sep. 44	Comfort, James Earl	A Seaman Goes to Sea to See What He Can See - Written from
		a subchaser.  Expresses appreciation for receipt of Nature Notes
		each month.  Describes things he is seeing on the ocean.
Oct. 44	,	Wayne Short, St. Louis Bird Club President, Receives Master
		Conservationist Award - From the Conservation Federation of
		Missouri.
Oct. 44		The Absentee Round-up - Harry Comfort conceived the idea of a
		maill-order report from the people absent from the local scene be-
		cause of the war.  Numerous letters were received.  Three of them
		are printed this month:  from Edward J. Dunn (on a coral-surrounded
		atoll); from Victor and Catherine Stones (Van Nuys, CA); and from
		Iva Leonard Jackson (Hamilton, Montana).
Nov. 44	O'Byrne, Harold I.	The bulletin by HIO'B, "List of the Vertebrate Animals of Missouri",
		was ready for distribution on Sept. 29.  This was published as
		Bulletin No. 4 of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society
Nov. 44		New Member in the Stork Group - Nancy Starr Self, born Oct. 10,
		daughter of Walter and Margaret Hill Self.
Nov. 44		The Des Moines Audubon Society - There's lots of evidence that
		there's greatly increased activity there since the Berkowitz
		family arrived in Des Moines.
Nov. 44		The Absentee Round-up (Cont'd from October) - Letters have been
		received from Sgt. Art Christ (Orlando, Fl.) and R. Ludlow Hill
		(Whipoorwill Hollow)
Dec. 44		The Absentee Round-up (Cont'd from November) - Letters have
		have been received from James Jackson (V-12, USNR, Fulton, Mo.);
		Jack Van Benthuysen (U.S. Navy, Warrensburg, Mo.); Albert C.
		Berkowitz (Des Moines, Iowa).
MISCELLANEOUS
Feb. 44	Espy Jay (S. P. Jones)	2 -12 -22 - Humorous article about groundhogs:  as weather
		prophets and as a possible answer to the meat shortage (i.e.,
		baked)
Apr. 44	Knapp, Erwin	Beavers, B'ars and Others - Primarily about the return of beavers
		to Missouri by the Missouri Conservation Commission.
Jun. 44		Exhibits A and B - In the WGNSS display case in the Webster
		Public Library and in the WGNSS booth showing WGNSS nature
		activities in the High School Gymnasium (the latter only on Sat.,
		June 10).
Jul. 44		Seeing History Near Home - List of short tours sponsored by the
		Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.  Short tours on Sunday.
Oct. 44		October - The month of crisp cool days.  The month for outdoor or
		woodland wandering and healthful hikes.
Dec. 44	Self, "Marge" Hill	Christmas Carolers - Drop her a card if interested. Transportation
		will be arranged.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Mar. 44		Nominating Committee for Nature Study Society Officers;
		Chairman - Ralph H. Lewis
		Member - Mrs. Clinton O'Day
		Member - Mrs.Stuart O'Byrne
		Suggestions from membership solicited.
Mar. 44		Anticipating the Annual Meeting in April - List of active members
		(some identified as outside the area) from which officers for the
		coming year may be selected.  160 names listed, 20 outside area.
		Four honorary members listed:  Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Anderson,
		Oscar Petersen, and Mrs. Charles S. Stones)
Apr. 44		The Nominating Committee report:
		President - Mrs. Edith Long
		Vice-President - Mrs. Harry Comfort
		2nd Vice-President - Miss Katherine Pickens
		Secretary-Treasurer - Mrs. Maud Rau
		Editor - Sterling P. Jones
		Lodge Director - Mr. Max Schwarz
		Museum Director - Mr. Stuart L. O'Byrne
		Curator of Properties - A. W. Dreyer
		Nominations will be accepted from the floor.
May. 44		The Nominating Committee's slate, named above, was elected at
		the annual meeting.
Jun. 44		By-the-way - about Dues that may be due!
Jun. 44		Are You an Active Member - Criteria for answering the question.
Jul. 44		New (or Nearly New) Members (7, including two Juniors)
MEETINGS
Apr. 44		The Annual Meeting, April 11, at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Max
		Schwarz.  Officers for the coming year will be elected, followed by
		a talk by Harold O'Byrne on Rockwoods Trails.
Apr. 44		General Field Trip to Meramec Highlands Hills, to find spring
		flowers, birds, etc.  Meet at the Osage Hills School on Big
		Bend Road at 2 PM.  (Bus from Manchester Road and City Limits
		passes.)
May. 44		Alll-Day Field Meeting at Nature Study Lodge on Sunday, May 21.
		Field trips start from the Lodgfe at 10 AM.  Various hikes in the
		afternoon.  Campfire gathering around the log fire with talks,
		discussions and a few songs.  Followed by a short hike to
		"Astonomy Hill" for stargazing.
May. 44		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, May 26, at the home of
		Mrs. William Pickens, 72 Marshall Place, Webster Groves.
		Stuart O'Byrne will speak on "Star Clusters and their Places in the
		Galaxy".
Jun. 44		Sunday, June 4, 10 AM.  General Field Trip to Rockwoods
		Reservation, stressing bird nesting sites and late spring flowers.
		Bus transportation via three bus lines.
Jun. 44		WGNSS General Meeting, 6:30 PM, Friday, June 9, at the home
		of Mr. & Mrs. Phil Rau, 549 E. Argonne.  The meeting will start
		with a lunch on the lawn - Bring your own picnic supper.  After
		supper Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Anderson will talk at 8 PM on
		"Grandmother Always Studies Greek".
Jun. 44		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Saturday, June 17, at the
		home of Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Eppes, 720 Ruprecht, Lemay.  Program:
		Observation of Star Clusters through 12 inch telescope.
Jul. 44		Field Trip to Nature Study Lodge - Sunday, July 30, 3:30 to 4 PM
		in the afternoon, to extend long, long after night falls, for hiking, a
		campfire experience, enjoyment of night sounds, and stargazing.
Jul. 44		The Anderson-Rau Meeting, June 9.  A large number of friends
		turned out to congratulate Mr. & Mrs. Rau on his "coming-out"
		party after his long confining siege of illness, and to hear the
		Andersons' informal but informative description of Mexico.
Aug. 44		Sunday, Aug. 20 - All day general field trip with headquarters
		at Sam Alfend's cottage on the Meramec, about two miles west
		of Valley Park
Sep. 44	Rau, Maude L.	On Sunday, Oct. 1, WGNSS will host members of the
		Missouri Walk-Ways Association at the Nature Study Lodge.
		A general field trip has been scheduled for this date.  A nature
		hike has been scheduled for 2 PM.  Help needed.  Bring a lunch
		and let's have a get-together that will be long remembered by
		both Societies. (Gas ration coupons have been increased to four
		gallons.  This should make it possible for more members to attend.)
Nov. 44		Ornithology Group and General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Dec. 1, at
		Webster Groves High Scchool on Selma Ave.  Dr. G. W. Hourn
		will show his series of color motion pictures of birds around home
		and garden.