The Wilson Bulletin — No. 48 89 



THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Living Birds 

 Officiev.1 Organ of the Wilson OrnithologicaLl CI\ib 



Edited by LYNDS JONES 



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EDITORIAL. 



The editor will be in Chicago, 111., from October 1st, until June 25. 

 All communications and publications should be addressed to him at the 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, 111., between those dutes, or until fur- 

 ther notice. 



The editor spent another delightful summer at Woods Hole, Mass., 

 and the islands in the vicinity, in company with Mr. n. L.Baird and Mr. 

 I. A. Field. Nine days were spent on Muskeget island with Mr. Baird, 

 and the other places of interest to an ornithologist were visited. Many 

 interesting things were learned about the gulls and terns which will be 

 shared with our readers later. A short trip among the lake Erie islands 

 furnished an interesting comparison between the salt water and fresh 

 water Common Terns. Much more consecutive time is needed before 

 the whole history of the terns nesting in either region can be learned. 



We hojje that many bird students have undertaken a careful study 

 of the autumn migrations, which began more than a month ago. We 

 are now just in the midst of the southward movement, when fall work 

 becomes the most interesting. The most important part of this fall 

 work are the exact records of southward departure, or at least of that 

 part of the work which remains of this season. Record should be kept 

 of both last seen and the departure of the bulk of the species. Very 

 few migration note books contain much information about any phase of 

 the southward movement. Some of us have to be stay-at-homes all 

 summer, and to such must we look for comjjlete records of the south- 

 ward movement. 



