The Chat Volume 50 Number 3 (Summer 1986)
Front Matter
Cover:
A Yellow-breasted Chat appeared on
the first issue of The Chat, a mimeographed bulletin that
was issued in March 1937. The drawing is by Patricia
Pittman, who was then employed as a secretary at the
North Carolina State Museum of Natural History.
Drawings on pages 65, 90, and 93 of the present issue
were contributed by Roger Tory Peterson, H. Douglas Pratt, and John Henry Dick, respectively.
Peterson's drawing and photographs on pages 63, 68, and 70 are reproduced by permission of the N.C. State Museum.
The photograph of Alexander Spurnt Jr. on page 73 was taken by Allan D. Cruickshank;
the one of Fred May on page 79 by Jim Sparks of Lenoir, N.C.;
and the one of Charlotte Hilton Green on page 79 by Bernadette Hoyle.
Other photographers, if known, are acknowledged in the cutlines.
Articles
The First 50 Years: A Brief History of Carolina Bird Club. Eloise F. Potter pp 61–95 (5 MB download)
The 102 Charter Members of the North Carolina Bird Club. Compiled by Eloise F. Potter pp 95–100
Back Matter
CORRECTION—Oliver H. Orr Jr. has informed the editor of an error on page 30 of his article "T. Gilbert Pearson: The Early Years" (Chat 50:29-41). Pearson's remuneration during his student years at Guilford College was $50 per year, rather than per month, in addition to room, board, and tuition.