Editorial. 53 



The March election of members, which has usually been conducted 

 through these pages, will this year be by special Bulletin to mem- 

 bers only. In the same connection there will be published a list of 

 members and officers. On account of the absence of the President 

 from the countiy at the time when the call for nominations should 

 have been made, and the election gotten under way, the constitu- 

 tional time passed and consequently the old officers will hold over. 

 We trust that this will not occur again. 



A great deal of good work was done on the migrations during the 

 spring of 1907, and the results were valuable. It is not likely that 

 the coming spring will be like the last one, but careful studies of Xhe 

 migrations during the remainder of the season, with a view to com- 

 parisons with those of a year ago, cannot but be interesting and val- 

 uable. How much data have any of us touching the fluctuations of 

 the individual birds making up the species, even for a limited tiuio 

 and over a limited space? We venture the statement that few mi- 

 gration notes contain much of such information, and yet this is of 

 great interest and will help materially to solve some of the prob- 

 lems of migration in its relation to weather. Let the good work 

 go on. 



Either there is little interest in studies of the nesting of the birds 

 or else the difficulties in the way of such studies have thus far 

 seemed too great to be overcome, judging from the meager returns 

 from blanks distributed last spring. We wish again to call atten- 

 tion to the great need there is for careful systematic studies of the 

 nesting habits of practically all our native birds. There is no field 

 of study of the birds which is so certain to yield large returns as 

 this. Some of us are so situated that studies of this sort are diffi- 

 cult because of remoteness from breeding haunts, but some certainly 

 have both time and opportunity for consecutive studies of at least a 

 few nests. Blanks for entry of the results may be obtained by ad- 

 dressing either Mr. Frank L. Burns, Berwyn, Pa., or Lynds Jones, 

 Oberlin, Ohio. All the blanks that you can possibly need will be 

 gladly supplied gratis. 



The American Nature-Study Society was organized at Chicago, 

 January 2, 1908, for the advancement of all studies of nature in ele- 

 mentary schools. The Council for 1908 consists of: President, L. 

 H. Bailey (N. Y.) ; Vice-Presidents, C. F. Dodge (Mass.), F. L. 

 Stevens (N. C), V. L. Kellogg (Cal.), W. Lochhead (Canada), F. 

 L. Charles (111.) ; Directors, D. J. Crosby (D. C), C. R. Mann (111.), 

 S. Coulter (Ind.), II. W. Fairbanks (Cal.), M. F. Guyer (O.), O. 

 W. Caldwell (111.), G. H. Trafton (N. J.), F. L. Clements (Mimi.), 

 Ruth Marshall (Neb.), C. R. Downing (Mich.) ; Secretary, M. A, 



