THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A Quarterly Mag&zine Devoted to the Study of Living Birds. 

 Official Organ of the Wilson Ornithological Club. 



Edited by LYNDS JONES. 



PUBIvISHED BY THE CI.UB, AT OBERUN, OHIO. 



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

 paid. Price in all countries in the International Postal Union, $1.25 a year, 40 cents 

 a number. Subscriptions may be sent to Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, or to Mr. Frank L. 

 Burns, Berwyn, Penn. 



Officers of the Wilson Ornithological Club for 1908: 



President — Lynds .Tones, Oberlin, Ohio. 



Vice-President, R. L. Baird, Athens, Me. 



Secretary— Ben j. T. Gault, Glenn Ellyn, 111. 



Treasurer — Bradshaw H. Swales, Grosse Isle, Mich. 

 Members of the Executive Council — W. L. Dawson, Seattle, Wash. ; 

 J. W. Jacobs, Waynesburg, Pa. ; H. C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



EDITORIAL. 



That the malady of lateness of issue has become cronic with the 

 Bulletin must seem apparent to every reader. Assurances may be 

 received that it is not a fatal malady, and that a permanent cure 

 may be effected by the application of the specific of prompt contribu- 

 tions. We can promise the next issue to readers not later than the 

 Christmas holidays. 



In succeeding numbers of the Bulletin, probably not beginning un- 

 til the March, 1909, number, a list of the birds which occur on the 

 Ohio shore opposite to Point Pelee will be given running along the 

 lines of the Point Pelee list which closes with this number. Such 

 carefully worked-out lists, with full annotations, will be welcomed 

 by the editor from almost any locality, which is either representative 

 of a lai'ge region or is possessed of special features in small compass. 



Many publications relating to birds have reached the editor's desk 

 which he has not been able to review, on account of other pressing 

 duties. He wishes to express to all such friends his hearty appre- 

 ciation and intention to fully review the papers in this Bulletin as 

 soon as possible. Among these publications Mr. Ora W. Knight's 

 book on the Birds of Maine is the most sumptuous. 



