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seventh and then suspended, in April, 1889. Beginning with 

 January, 1890, the Ornithologists and Oologists' Semi- 

 annual, published by W. H. Foote, Pittsfield, Mass., became 

 the ofSeial organ until its suspension with the first number of 

 the third volume, April, 1891. Beginning with the fourth 

 number of the first volume of the Taxidermist, edited by 

 E. W. Martin and managed by C. F. Mignin, both of Akron, 

 Ohio, space was used until its suspension with the May num- 

 ber, 1892. Beginning with April, 1892, Dr. Strong undertook 

 the task of publishing The Wilson Quarterly, which was the 

 successor of the Ornithologists and Oologists Semi-annual. 

 After publishing the July number the funds available were 

 exhausted, and financial support was lacking, so suspen- 

 sion became necessary. In January, 1893, a much smaller 

 publication, known as ''The Journal," was issued, under the 

 same management, the writer remaining the editor, and after 

 two numbers it also suspended because of lack of funds. This 

 ended, for the time being, the efforts of the organization to 

 publish its own official organ. Lack of support is the proper 

 spelling. 



President Ballard furnished space in the Popular Science 

 News for ^lay, 1893, for a report of the Owls, which was com- 

 piled by the writer. Following this report and the suspension 

 of "The Journal" communication between the members was 

 maintained by means of mimeographed sheets, done on the 

 writer's typewriter and the mimeograph of the Oberlin 

 Department of Zoology. 



Beginning with February, 1894, the present series of Bul- 

 letins was begun by the then Secretary, William B. Caulk. 

 These were post card size, and the three which were issued 

 bear the dates of February, May and July, 1894. To supple- 

 ment these several printed postal cards were sent out. 



Two reports had been prepared and it was thought best to 

 publish them as a fitting end to the organization. The two 

 were the "Warbler Report," issued as Bulletin No. 4, Janu- 

 ary 15, 1895, by the writer, and "The American Crow," as 

 Bulletin No. 5, by Frank L. Burns. These were mostly 

 financed by the writers of the reports. Instead of killing the 



