THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Birds. 

 Official Organ of the Wilson Ornithological Club. 



Edited by LYNDS JONES. 



PUBLISHED BY THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB, AT CHICAGO, ILL. 

 Price in the United States, Canada and Mexico, one dollar a year, 30 cents a 

 number, postpaid. Price in all countries in the International Postal Union, 

 $1.25 a year, 40 cents a number. Subscriptions should be sent to P. B. Coffin, 

 3232 Groveland Ave., Chicago, 111. 



OFFICEES FOE THE CURRENT YEAR 



President: Dr. T. C. Stephens, Morningside, Sioux City, Iowa. 



Vice-president: Geo. L. Fordyce, Youngstown, Ohio. 



Secretary: Orpheus M. Schantz, 5215 West 24th St., Cicero, 111. 



Treasurer: P. B. Coffin, 3232 Groveland Ave., Chicago, 111. 



Editor ' ' The Wilson Bulletin"; Lynds Jones, Spear Laboratory, Ober- 

 lin, Ohio. 



Business Manager: Edw, R. Ford, 1100 Great Northern Building, 

 Chicago, 111. 



EDITORIAL 



The editor's address for the summer — until the middle of August — 

 will be Sandusky, Ohio, care Dr. C. B. Bliss. Mail addressed to Oberlin 

 will reach him, but will be delayed somewhat in reforwarding. 

 



The short time between the two issues of the Bulletin and the ex- 

 amination season have conspired to prevent reviews of literature for this 

 number of the Bulletin. They will be resumed in the September number. 

 



Interest in studies of the nesting behavior of birds has increased many- 

 fold in the last five years. While July may seem to be rather late for 

 most birds to nest, experience has proven that nests of many of our 

 common birds may be found even into August. Studies of nesting be- 

 havior are exceedingly valuable and ought to be taken up more generally 

 over the country before we may hope to get far in our understanding of 

 the inner life of the birds. The intimate study of the Red-winged Black- 

 bird at Ithaca by Mr. A. A. Allen well illustrates what valuable results 

 may be achieved by faithful and long continued studies of this sort, and 

 the papers by Miss Sherman, Mr. Gabrielson and others well illustrate 

 that valuable facts may be discovered by even a one-nest study. Let 

 everybody try at least one nest. 



