THE WILSON BULLETIN. 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Living Birds. 

 Official Organ of the Wilson Ornithological Club. 



Edited by LYNDS JONES. 



PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB, AT OBERLIN, OHIO. 



Price in the United States, Canada and Mexico, s" centsa year, 15 cents a number, postpa 

 Price in all countries in the International Postal Union, 65 cents a > ear, 20 cents a number. 

 Subscriptions may be sent to Lynds Jones Obetlin, Ohio, or to Mr. Frank L. Burns, Ber- 

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



EDITORIAL. 



A complete index fcr the current volume will he mailed with 

 the March number for 1900, together with an "Errata". It ha> 

 not been possible to prepare the copy for the Index to accompany 

 the present number. 



As a slight departure from census taking, the editor suggests 

 that a "Winter List" of the birds be kept fcr the months of De- 

 cember, January, and February, up to February 20, and such 

 lists, accompanied with a statement of the numbers of individuals 

 of each species seen, be sent to the editor immediately after the 

 20th, so that they may appear in the March number. Such lists 

 should prove interesting and valuable fcr comparison of localities, 

 particularly if the average depth of snow, and the percentage of 

 time during which the ground is covered accompanies the list. 



We are pleased to be able to announce that Mr. Frank M. Chap- 

 man's book upon the Warblers is progressing satisfactorily, and 

 that ere long we shall be able to make it our constant compan- 

 ion. Ir will surely greatly simplify the study of this difficult group 

 of birds. 



In the West two bird books of great importance are in prepara 

 tion. The mere pretentious one is a two volume popular scien- 

 tific book upon the Birds of Washington, by Rev. William Leon 

 Dawson, now of Seattle. This book will follow the lines of the 

 author's Ohio book, but will surpass even that excellent work in 

 every way. Advance copies of photographs from life indicate that 



