90 Editorial 



We are pleased to note that Mr. Frank M. Chapman, the best 

 known writer on birds at the present time, has undertaken the task of 

 collecting a complete life history of our warblers by the co-operative 

 methods upon which oar Club was founded. Let every member of this 

 Club and every reader of this BuLLETtN aid him in his good work to the 

 full extent of your ability. There are possibilities in this field almost 

 beyond conception if all who can will lend their aid. One great part of 

 our work as a Club has been in raising up a generation of bird lovers 

 who would know how to study the birds for furthering our knowledge 

 of them. Now that an opportunity offers let us show Mr. Chapman 

 that our efforts have been productive. 



We are also pleased to note that Science, for August 26, announces 

 the establishment of ' A Station for the Study of Bird Life ' by Mr. 

 Charles C. Worthington, at Shawnee, Monroe county, Pennsylvania, 

 with Mr. William E. D. Scott in charge. Mr. Scott is well known as 

 the Curator of the Department of Ornithology at Princeton University. 

 He has written of his experiment with birds there, jjarticularly in re- 

 gard to inheritance of song. This station is under the charge of the 

 Worthington Society. All phases of bird life will be studied, under 

 normal as well as artificial conditions. We may expect some valuable 

 results from this establishment. 



Members and readers will be interested to know that Mr. J. War- 

 ren Jacobs' collection of the ' Eggs of Native Pennsylvania Birds ' is 

 now on exhibition at the St. Louis Worlds Fair. It is installed with 

 the Pennsylvania economic zoological exhibit in the Palace of Agricul- 

 ture. It contains the eggs of 159 species which have been known to 

 nest within the state, several having been added to the collection since 

 it was exhibited at the Chicago Worlds Fair, eleven years ago. All 

 will be interested to see the collection about which Mr. Jacobs has 

 written so entertainingly. 



Ill health has hastened the removal of our Vice-president, Rev. W. 

 L. Dawson, to the Pacific coast. For the present his address will be 

 Blaine, Washington. We trust that the bracing air and salubrious cli- 

 mate of that region may speedily restore him to complete health and 

 vigor. 



N. B. — The editor has concluded to issue a sheet of errata with the 

 index, both to appear with the December Bulletin. He will be grateful 

 for notice of any errors appearing in contributed articles. He will also 

 be grateful for articles and notes intended for the December Bulletin. 

 Everything intended for the December Bulletin should reach the edi- 

 tor at his Chicago address not later than November 15. 



