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these species in this locality, all the other and more common 

 shore birds were quite abundant during the spring and fall 

 migration about the shores of this lake. The Pipit and 

 Savannah Sparrow were frequently seen during the summer 

 of 1913. 



As near as I can estimate from my records there are over 60 

 species of birds that have been added to my list in this locality 

 since the opening of the park and the building of these 

 reservoirs. 



It will perhaps emphasize the opportunity for bird observa- 

 tion in the vicinity of Youngstown to refer to all-day lists 

 last ]May, when Prof. Lynds Jones was in the field with me: 

 May 9th, 1913, 116 species; May 10th, 1913, 113 species, 

 nearly all of which were in the park or about the reservoirs. 

 For the year 1913 we listed 196 different species of birds in 

 the vicinity of Youngstown. Previous to the building of these 

 reservoirs an all-day list of 75 species was considered very 

 good, and a yearly list of 130 species, including residents and 

 migrants, was about the limit. 



With such favorable conditions for bird study; the people 

 of Youngstown and vicinity have become quite generally 

 intereste# in the birds. At the present time we have a num- 

 ber of men and women who are reliable in observation and 

 identification, and a great many with a good general knowl- 

 edge of the birds. 



A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WILSON ORNITHOLOG- 

 ICAL CLUB. 



BY LYNDS JONES. 



The actual founding of the organization out of which this 

 Club grew occurred on December 3, 1888, when President 

 Harlan H. Ballard, of the Agassiz Association, issued a 

 charter to the Corresponding Wilson Ornithological Chapter 

 of the Agassiz Association. The movement was inaugurated 

 by Mr. J. B. Richards, of Fall River, IMass., who was elected 



