THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Sirds. 

 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, one dollar a year, 30 cents a number, post- 

 paid. Price in all countries in the International Postal Union, $1.25 a year, 40 cents 

 a number. Subscriptions may be sent to Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, or to Mr. Frank L. 

 Burns, Berwyn, Penn. 



Officers of the Wilson Ornithological Club for 1010: 



Presi(?ent — Frank L. Burns, Berwyn, Pa. 



Vice-President — W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. 



Secretary— Benj. T. Gault, Glenn Ellyn, 111. 



Treasurer — W. F. Henninger, New Bremen, Ohio. 



Members of the Executive Council — Lynds Jones, Oberlin, O. ; H. 

 C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. ; B. H. Swales. Grosse Isle, Mich. 



EDITORIAL. 



It has been necessary to defer the third installment of the paper 

 on the Falcones, and also to defer to the June number the index to 

 the last volume. The editor greatly regrets this necessity. 



Readers will be interested to know that the September number 

 will contain the paper read at the last A. O. U. meeting, entitled, 

 "At the Sign of the Northern Flicker," which Dr. MIerriam spoke 

 of as one of the most notable papers on life histories which has ap- 

 peared. It will supplement the Important work of our President, 

 "A Monograph of the Flicker." 



This is the time to begin to plan for a systematic study of the 

 migrations and whatever influences them. Plan for certain whole 

 days in the field, not to break the record but to learn more about 

 the bird movements in your region. If you are so fortunate as to 

 be associated with other bird students in your immediate region, 

 form some sort of plan whereby each one may keep careful watch 

 of a given region, each day if possible, and compare notes fre- 

 quently. By such means it is possible to discover " fly lines," or 

 routes which are preferred by certain species or by all species. 



