Ivory-Bills Found

Two ivory-billed woodpeckers, the only known members of a species regarded as extinct for the past three years, were seen in Florida last spring by an expedition under the leadership of Whitney H. Eastman '10, vice president of General Mills Inc. in Minneapolis.

The National Audubon Society first kept the remote location of the two birds a secret. Recently, however, a 1,300-acre sanctuary tor them has been established in northwest Florida, in the swamp forest of the Apalachicola River, by agreement with the landowners and the Florida State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.

The ivory-billed woodpecker was at one time abundant in the coastal swamp forests and the hardwood forests of the South, but the cutting of the forests caused the species to disappear. It is said to be the second largest woodpecker in the world.

Long an amateur ornithologist, Mr. Eastman belongs to the National Audubon Society and to ornithological groups in Minnesota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Florida. Up to now he has been better known to Dartmouth men for his alumni activities in which he has been a leader for many years.