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necessary by a larger amount of material from the same or a greater 

 range of country may change the whole aspect of the subject under dis- 

 cussion. ^We are not near the sunset of bird study, but rather scarcely 

 yet behold the dawn. 



The new committee on Variation, under the direction of President 

 Strong, opens a wide range in the way of comparisons, and should bring 

 the solution to some of the vexed questions in the classification of the 

 lower groups. It will open new vistas in bird study to him who seriously 

 enters upon the plan outlined by Mr. Strong. 



The work on Geographical Distribution is one which can profitably be 

 pursued every day, or during every outing of however limited time. 

 It is a work full of profit and pleasure which will be one of the bright 

 spots in the recollections of after years. He who does none of this sort 

 of field study misses much of the pleasure of life. 



The Migrations. Nesting, Song and Food of the Warblers are subjects 

 that never grow old. There is room for years of work in each of them. 

 There is no group of birds which yields larger profits for the effort spent 

 in study than the Warblers. They will bear the closest acquaintance 

 and always grow more interesting. 



Let 1899 see a work done which shall make the close of this century 

 memorable for lasting results. 



Lynds Jones, ChairmcDi of U'ork. 



EDITORIAL. 



We welcome to the field of ornithological literature the Bullelin 0/' the 

 Cooper Ornilhologiciil Club, of California. This new sixteen page 

 publication is under the editorial management of Mr. Chester Barlow, 

 assisted by Messrs. Henry Reed Taylor and Howard Robertson, and is 

 published at Santa Clara, Calif. It is published bi-monthly in the 

 interests of the Cooper Ornithological Club, and is a step in the right 

 direction in bringing together the results for which this active organization 

 has always been noted. 



It is a pleasure to herald the reappearance of the Osprey after an 

 absence of a few months. Its reappearance under the editorial manage- 

 ment of Dr. Elliott Coues and Theodore Gill, with Mr. Walter Adams 

 Johnson as associate and Louis Agassiz Fuertes as art editor, is a 

 guaranty of success. 



