The Wilson Bulletin— No. 46. 25 



THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A QuaLFterly Ma^ga-zine Devoted to the Stvidy of Living Birds 

 OfficiaLl Organ of tKe Wilson OrnitKoIogical Clvib 



Edited by LYNDS JONES 

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EDITORIAL. 



Spiing has begun when the first birds arrive from the south. We 

 recognize in the appearance of the birds the beginning of new condi- 

 tions of both weather and landscape. To the true ornithologist spring^ 

 covers the time during which the birds aro passing north, summer the 

 time of nesting and molting, after the movement north has ceased and 

 before the breeding birds have ceased to remain in hiding, autumn is 

 the season of southward migration, and winter the remainder of the 

 year. We are just now entering upon spring, with its predictions of 

 coming birds and coming mild weather and have little diflBculty in 

 spurring ourselves to more efifort in bird study. We do well when we 

 pause to take stock of what we know and plan to accomplish the most 

 in this delightful study with the time at our disposal. There are two 

 things which will be of great service in this study. The first is : Plan 

 your study to suit your own convenience. The second: faithfully keep 

 a note-book record of what >ou see and learn. By the record I mean 

 what you actually see and learn, not what you think about the birds 

 and hope to learn. You are after facts first, after the facts it will be 

 time to draw conclusions. 



it is the purpose of this Bulletin and of the Club which it represents 

 to help those who need help in their study of birds. The editor is 

 always ready to answer questions through these pages, if the question 

 is of general interest and application, or privately, if that seems the 

 better course. Questions which would naturally lead to controversy 

 cannot be given a place for the very obvious reason that our knowledge 

 of the birds would not be increased thereby. We are learners direct 

 from Nature. 



