THE WILSON BULLETIN. 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Living Birds. 

 Official Organ of the Wilson Ornithoiogica! Club. 



Edited by LYNDS JONES. 



PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB, AT OBERLIN, OHIO. 



Price in the United States, Canada and Mexico, 50 cents a year, 15 cents a number, postpaid. 

 Price in all countriss in the International Postal Union, 65 cents a year, 20 cents a number. 

 Subscriptions may be sent to Lyn^ls Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, or to Mr, Frank L. Burns, Ber- 

 wyn, Penn., or to Mr. John W. Daniel, Jr., Washington, D. C. 



EDITORIAL. 

 The editor has Mr. Frank L. Burns to thank for collecting a con- 

 siderable part of the copy for this issue. 



The next number will contain two local lists of more than usual 

 interest to readers in general. Carefully prepared local lists are 

 always in demand. 



The editor's headquarters will remain at 5623 Drexel avenue, Chi- 

 cago, 111., until further notice in the June number. Correspondence 

 relating to advertising, subscriptions, and articles intended for 

 print should be addressed to him there, but letters of request for 

 sample copies or back numbers will receive prompt attention if 

 addressed to Oberlin, Ohio. 



It is not too early to be thinking about the May migration work. 

 In spite of the splendid record made last year there is plenty of 

 room for a better record yet. Study the weather map, if you have 

 opportunity, and with its help select the best clay and then work 

 your field to your fullest capacity. Put your locality and your work 

 in the first rank for wealth of bird life during the migrations. The 

 editor cannot promise to print all "All Day" lists, but he will gladly 

 print a list of those who make such lists with the number of species 

 recorded if each person will send his list for inspection and possible 

 tabulation. 



In Bird Lore for November-December, Mr. Ernest Tompson Seton 

 in introducing an excellent outline for the study of birds, writes in 

 substance that the time has gone by when adequate good can re 

 suit from ordinary collecting in well-known regions and that the 

 experts of our museums, knowing the value of birds as they do, 

 better than any other class of men, are the only ones who should 

 be allowed to collect bird skins to-day. Jmst what is meant In- 

 ordinary collecting is net apparent, yet the student seeking to faith- 

 fully carry cut his suggestions will find it expedient if not absolute- 

 ly necessary to good wcrk in fully one-quarter of the thirty-one sub- 



