THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A Quarterly Mag&zine Devoted to !the Study of Birds. 

 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 1910: 



President — 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. 



£«ditorial 



To the many friends and correspondents who have shown their 

 solicitude for the editor in his long illness, the announcement is 

 here made that the probability of complete speedy recovery is ex- 

 cellent. It is almost worth while being desperately ill to learn how 

 many are ones friends I 



The editor also wishes to express his gratitude to all for your 

 patience over the delay in the appearance of the Bulletin, and de- 

 lay in replying to correspondence, during the long interval. 



It is with genuine satisfaction that the editor presents the first 

 article in this double number, because it is without question the 

 most notable paper upon field studies which has been imblished. 

 and because it illustrates what the Wilson Club stands for. Studies 

 along similar lines are possible to many of us. Are we equal to 

 the opportunity. 



