40 THE WILSON QUARTERLY. 



Let each member enter into the work lieartily, deter- 

 mined to make our paper second to none in the field which 

 it occupies. 



The excellence of the paper will depend upon the interest 

 taken in preparing articles, notes, and reports for its pages. 

 We cannot offer each other prizes for best articles, but we 

 can offer the first place and honorable mention to the best 

 report which is forwarded to the President during the 

 coming summer. 



THE WORK FOR 1892. 



In the January issue of The Taxidermist we announced 

 the scheme for work during the coming season. The group 

 of Owls was selected not because it might prove interesting 

 to all, but because it seemed too little known by very many 

 members. The object always in view is to direct study in 

 such a way and along such lines as will bring the most that 

 is new and valuable to the greatest number. 



Thus far the lists that have come in have been good ; but 

 there should be more of them. Every member should not 

 fail to make out his list and send it to the President at once 

 if he has not done so already. 



In order that all may not fail to understand what the 

 work is, we copy the scehme from The Taxidennist. 



" 1st. As soon as you have read this make out and send to 

 the President of the chapter a list of all the owls known in 

 your locality, noting whether each is a resident, summer resi- 

 dent, transient (or migrant), or accidental. Whether abund- 

 ant, common, tolerably common, or rare. Whether it 

 breeds near you commonly, rarely, or not at all. 



"2d. Study its habits carefully, noting where it stays ; 

 what is its food ; whether it flies during the day ; whether 

 it is harassed by crows and jays ; whether it approaches 

 dwellings ; how it is affected by weather ; what is its cry ; 

 study its courtship. 



" 3d. Breeding habits. Note : Whether it builds a nest 

 or not ; when it begins to build or lay. To what extent it 



