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sometimes brilliant, sometirr.e^ ponderous. Bird Lore, elegant, 

 typographically perfect, an avowed bird protector; a boon to 

 the beginner. The Condor, lone representative of the 

 Pacific slope, an "over-flow meeting" of the iAiik. ^irds and 

 Nature with its beautiful colored pictures of great assistance to 

 both teacher and scholar. American Ornithologv , bright and 

 artistic. The Oo/o^/s/, the mecca of all oologists and exchangers. 

 The: Journal of Maine jOrnithological Society, of more than local 

 interests. The ^^//50« 5////^/m with its schemes of co-operative 

 investigation, bird census and horizons. Many other papers 

 and magazines regularly devote from half a column to many 

 pages to the subject, besides the inevitable "mushrooms" 

 which cannot be taken seriously. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt has removed from Washington, D. C, 

 to New York City. His address is 502 West 142nd St.. Hamil- 

 ton Place. 



President's Address. 



The Wilson Ornithological Chapter was organized as an 

 associatien of ornithologists, who desired to do original work on 

 a co-operative basis. It has published bulletins which we feel 

 were worth all they cost and it has served as a training school 

 for a number of young ornithologists. 



Field work is naturally the most available line of study for 

 our members and our bulletins are best known as field study 

 publications. Under the head of field studies, we do not, how- 

 ever, include simple descriptions of collecting trips or collections. 

 Collecting can never be to the investigator anything more than 

 a means towards an end and collections are of little scientific 

 value except as they furnish material for scientific studies that 

 are of themselves worth while. 



We have sevt ral committees engaged in special lines of 

 field work on the co-operative plan. Every member is urged to 

 report to the chairmen of the various committees his observa- 

 tions, even if they are few. Members are also urged to extend 

 the usefulness of these committees by obtaining new members, 



