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pie feel the inspiration to get out for actual field study. We 

 are also coming" to know something about the autumn migra- 

 tions, but even yet far too little in a particular way. The 

 fall migrations are not so easy to study, and the inducements 

 to it are less enticing, and the difficulties greatly increased for 

 most of us. One must become familiar with the least conspic- 

 uous plumages to know what birds he finds, and that is cer- 

 tainly not an easy task, but it can be accomplished. The time 

 of year which has been the most neglected is the summer sea- 

 son. There are two main objects for the summer study, each 

 worthy and each equally important. The first and most evi- 

 dent one is to determine exactly the breeding area of that 

 species. The second reason is to determine the time when the 

 southward migration actually begins. We need to know this 

 as accurately as we know the time of the beginning of the 

 northward migration before we can assume that we know 

 much about it. There are a great many questions about the 

 southward migration that need a conclusive answer, but the 

 data must first be gathered. 



Let no one suppose that he can do nothing with these sug- 

 gestions because he cannot attempt something with all of 

 them. One minor point under one of the minor heads is 

 worth earnest effort and will repay anyone who has the cour- 

 age and enterprise to undertake the study. Let those of us 

 who can undertake some of these more particular studies, 

 while those who cannot, for whatever reason, do what they 

 can in their own localities. 



TWO GOOSE RECORDS FROM OHIO. 



W. F. HENNINGER. 



On the morning of March 24, 1905, one of the proprietors 

 of the Empire Hotel here at Tiffin shot two wild geese on the 

 Sandusky River, one and one-half miles south of the city. 

 Thanks to the persistent efforts and tireless energy of Mr. 

 Karl J. Heilmann, I was able to secure the skins on condition of 

 returning the meat to the hunter, to which I gladly consented. 

 One of them was a fine old male of the Blue Goose (Chen 

 cccrulesccns). Measurements: Extent, 168 ctm. ; bill, 6 ctm.; 



